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Our library highlights YA fiction and audio built for classrooms and teams: sports-themed coming-of-age stories and immersive scriptbook + audio experiences that spark discussion, build resilience, and bring students together. Featured: The Real Education of TJ Crowley: Coming of Age on the Redline (2025 Audie, IPPY, Earphones) and Maggie Vaults Over the Moon.

We are Grain Valley Publishing, an independent literary studio in Wichita, Kansas, specializing in young adult stories—often sports-themed—that go beyond the track and playing fields into character, courage, and growth. Our mission is to create read-and-listen experiences that help teens (and the adults who teach them) practice empathy, moral courage, and reconciliation. Our newest release, The Real Education of TJ Crowley: Coming of Age on the Redline, is a Scriptbook + Audio Tandem Edition featuring a stellar 15-member cast, including Audie winners Dani Martineck, Dion Graham, Johnny Heller, and Tavia Gilbert. Awards: 🏆 2025 Audie Award — Best Young Adult Audiobook 🥇 IPPY Gold Medal — Outstanding Audiobook of the Year (Independent Publishers Association) 🎧 AudioFile Earphones Award — “This slice of our history stays with the listener.” -- AudioFile We’re also the publisher of Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, a beloved YA sports novel celebrating perseverance and grace. With Chapter Questions designed by a performance coach, it’s widely used by teachers, librarians, and coaches as a classroom reader for its uplifting message of grit, grace, and belonging. The audiobook, performed brilliantly by Tavia Gilbert, continues to inspire new generations of young readers and listeners.At Grain Valley, we believe the right story can still change a team, a classroom, a life. Request ARC/Download Code (TJ Crowley)