I remember as a teenager being told by a parent or teacher that the best response to being corrected was to say, “Thank you!” And that...

Catholic Teen Books is excited to share another new episode of Faith Through Fiction! Faith Through Fiction is a video blog series that...

Reading and summer have always seemed like the perfect combination. I have fond childhood memories of walking to the bookmobile on hot...

Lord, send me a nice girl, won’t you? Even as I mentally prayed the words, I knew I wasn’t worthy. I didn’t deserve a girl who’d stuck to...

Graduation. You've looked forward to this day for years, planned for it, prepared for it. Maybe you're going to have a big party to...

In a recent conversation with some of my children, we talked about how often Christianity is portrayed as Catholicism (as opposed to...

Catholic Teen Books is excited to share new episodes of Faith Through Fiction! For those not familiar with this series, and for those...

May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfil all your plans! -Psalm 20:4 What does your heart desire? Are you focused on studies and...

My oldest son was confirmed in the Catholic Church six years ago, now. The link in the previous sentence explains the sacrament in a...

Usually, around Easter time there is a huge focus on life. New life tends to take center stage, rationally enough in the Northern...

As an author, I often try to put myself in the mind of another person: trying to think the thoughts another would think, trying to see...

When people think of March, St. Patrick’s Day often comes to mind—along with leprechauns and pots of gold! But, hopefully, as Catholics,...

Once you discover that God is real, that He is here with you and that He loves you with an unfathomable love, your life can never be the...

Did you know that the most important holy day for Catholics is Easter? And that the Lenten season is an important journey of rediscovery...

(The following review was posted in 2019 at LitbytheTree.com) "One of this year’s newest Catholic YA novels is difficult to describe. I...

Have you already broken your New Year’s Resolution? Maybe you didn’t make one. It’s never too late… For many of us, the new year is a...

Have you read and enjoyed a CatholicTeenBooks novel? What did you like about it? Did you identify with one of the characters? Did the...

With the approach of a new year, my thoughts turn to how God makes all things new. And how we can learn from mistakes made in the past...

Advent is supposed to be the season of expectation, Christmas the joyful fulfillment of that expectation, but too often it's Christmas...

A teenage girl is the first to know God has come into the world. He enters human history through her, at the moment of her fiat. “Let it...