catholic teen stories

Ashes, Visible and Invisible: Lenten journey from Catholic Teen Books

Leave a Comment / Ages 12 - 16, Ages 14 up, Book Review, Death/Grief, Easter, Virtues /

Authors: Leslea Wahl, Cynthia T.Toney, Marie Keiser, Carolyn Astfalk, Amanda Lauer, Ellen Gable, Corinna Turner, Antony B. Kolenc, T.M.Gaouette, Theresa Linden. Cover Art: Corinna Turner Edited: Cynthia T. Toney Publisher: Catholic Teen Books Age Range: 13 and up. ‘Ashes’, the latest compilation of stories from CatholicTeenBooks.com provides teen readers with plenty to think about.  This […]

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Freeing Tanner Rose: A Gritty and Fast Paced Catholic Story for Teens

1 Comment / Ages 14 up, Book Review, Prayer, Virtues /

I have read several of T.M. Gaoette’s stories and her greatest strength as an author is her real-life and sometimes gritty portrayal of young characters who are caught up in the contemporary world and battle contemporary problems. Teens will love this book but be warned: it contains drug taking, drinking alcohol to excess, teens behaving

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A Single Bead: A Catholic teen story about grief and loss

Leave a Comment / Ages 12 - 16, Book Review, Death/Grief, Miracles, Prayer /

Author: Stephanie Engelman Publisher: Pauline Books and Media Age Range: 12 plus There are some real strengths to this book by Stephanie Engleman.  Firstly, I had tears in my eyes by the sixth page – this story is gripping and heart rending.  A family gathers on the anniversary of the death of their mother/ grandmother

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Anything But Groovy : Catholic Teen Book set in 1974

Leave a Comment / Ages 10 plus, Book Review, HIstorical, Time Travel /

Author: Amanda Lauer Publisher: Full Quiver Publishing Age Range: 10 -14 I never get tired of reading time travel stories.  Amanda Lauer took me down memory lane with this story of twelve-year-old Morgan who is transported back in time to 1974 and finds herself in her mother’s body, living her mother’s life. Following a bump

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Secrets Visible & Invisible

1 Comment / Ages 10 plus, Ages 12 - 16, Book Review, Dystopian, HIstorical, Mystery, Romance, Vocations /

Authors: Corinna Turner,  Cynthia T. Toney,  Theresa Linden,   Susan Peek,  T.M.Gaouette,  Carolyn Astfalk,  Leslea Wahl. Publisher: Catholic Teen Books. Age Range:  11+ I recall from my teaching days that finding short stories for teens was always a problem – there never seemed to be enough collections of short stories available that were good examples of

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Finnian – Exciting Adventure Teen Graphic Novel

Leave a Comment / Ages 10 plus, Angels, Book Review, Boys, Comics, Fantasy, HIstorical, Saints /

Author: Philip Kosloski Artist: Michael LaVoy Published: Voyage Age Range: Parental discretion: 10 +   I bought the first four books of Finnian bound together in one volume.  The premise of the story is based on a real-life, but strange natural phenomenon – seven mountains which form an almost perfect straight line across the globe from

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The Boy Who Knew: A future Saint

1 Comment / Ages 10 plus, Ages 12 - 16, Ages 14 up, Book Review, Death/Grief, HIstorical, Saints /

Title:  The Boy Who Knew Author: Corinna Turner Publisher: Zephyr Publishing Age Range: 10 and up. This is an impressive book about a modern-day saint.  Well, actually at the time of writing, Blessed Carlo Acutis is not yet a saint, but he has recently been beatified. Corinna Turner has written this book from the point

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