Social Awareness 5-Book Set

LEA BEDDIA is an author, storyteller and educator. Born and raised in Montreal, she now teaches school in Joliette, Quebec where she lives with her husband and three children.

DAVID STARR is an author and high school principal. David has authored multiple books, including Lorimer’s Soccer United: Team Refugee titles Golden Goal and Golden Game both of which were named among the Best Books for Kids and Teens by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre in 2017. David lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

MARY-LOU ZEITOUN is a Palestinian-Canadian author, essayist, arts journalist and activist. Her novel 13 was the YA winner of the 2008 New England Book Festival award and she has had fiction published in Taddle Creek magazine and Canadian Notes and Queries. She divides her time between Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario.

JENNIFER MANUEL was the 2017 winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was named ""A Writer to Watch"" by the CBC in 2016. Manuel teaches elementary and high school in the traditional territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples where she coaches the youth basketball team. She lives in Duncan, British Columbia.

ERIC HOWLING is the author of ten books including Head Hunter, Red Zone Rivals, Hoop Magic, and Run and Gun in the Lorimer Sports Stories series. His books have been shortlisted for the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, named Resource Link's Year's Best and picked as CCBC Best Books selections. Eric lives and plays sports in Calgary, Alberta