Catholic Teen Books

It might seem strange to think of plants as companions, but some of God’s natural gifts to us since ancient times—herbs—have been mine....

United States of America Alaska 3 Things to Forget by Cynthia T. Toney Arizona Battle for His Soul by Theresa Linden Colorado The Perfect...

Have you ever read a book or watched a movie or TV program in which the hero or heroine was in mortal danger, in great peril, or enduring...

Do you remember what you did last summer? Most of us don’t. Did you spend all morning in bed, waking after noon only to drag through the...

Ah, June…the start of summer. Time to refresh your spirit from a long—possibly unusual—school year. Summer often means family vacations,...

“…if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary.” Pope Saint Pius The Blessed Mother and countless saints have...

In our modern world, it’s not unusual to interact with people (young and old) who are constantly staring at their phones or who have been...

What does it look like to let the Holy Spirit into your life?

The secular symbols of Easter—chicks, little bunnies, and eggs—may make us want to roll our eyes sometimes when they appear to be more...

March is Women’s History Month, the perfect time to celebrate the two eighteenth-century Italian sisters who inspired the novel Playing...

The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph. Did you know that Pope Francis declared 2021 as the Year of St. Joseph too? Maybe you’ve...

The purpose of life is to reach God, so we want to make everything we own work towards this. Since what we read can have a strong...

Do you have any book friends? In other words, do you have fictional friends who inhabit books? The best writers, in my mind, are those...

Why does Christmas instill warmth in our hearts? Why are we so eager, especially this year, to dive into Advent and the Christmas season?...

Are you having trouble getting your teen to read? Or maybe you have a book enthusiast at your home, but they only want books by certain...

I wrote this blog post in 2015, but the topic is more relevant today than it was even back then. In my novels, my protagonists are...

The way we consume books may have changed from paperbacks and hard covers to electronic tablets, phones, and audiobooks, but one thing...

As with all things in life, the key to getting through a difficult time is to focus on our faith. Faith is always the key. As parents,...

and help them build their identities All educators of teens read today’s young-adult novels. Wait—what? You don’t? Well, I don’t blame...

Fiction can have a huge influence in a person’s life, but much more so in a child’s. Teens deal with a multitude of struggles, from...