To meet the criteria for this list, books are required to have teen appeal and be issued by known Christian publishers.
These titles are located throughout the library; please note the location in the catalog.
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Perfectly Dateless: A Universally Misunderstood Novel by Kristin Billerbeck. Entering her senior year at St. James Christian Academy, Daisy has less than 200 days to look stylish, develop social skills, find the right boy for the prom, and convince her parents to let her date. |
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Tyrone’s Story by Sigmund Brouwer. Eighteen-year-old Tyrone Larson ponders the events of his life that led to his part in the death of a high school friend from a drug overdose. This novel is part of the Degrees of Guilt series. |
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Dark Blue: Color Me Lonely by Melody Carlson. Two sophomore girls, best friends since kindergarten, grow apart when one wants new friends and decides the other is a popularity liability. This is the first novel in the True Colors series. |
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Premiere by Melody Carlson. When two sisters get their own fashion-focused reality television show, vivacious Paige is excited, but Erin has problems with some of the things they are asked to do. This is the first novel in the On the Runway series. |
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Always Watching by Brandilyn & Amberly Collins. When a frightening murder occurs after one of her famous mother's rock concerts, sixteen-year-old Shaley tries to help the police find the killer. This is the first novel in the Rayne Tour series. |
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Bad Ground by W. Dale Cramer. A 17-year-old honors his mother's dying wish and seeks his estranged uncle who was badly burned in the accident that killed the teen's father. |
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Chosen by Ted Dekker. Four sixteen-year-old recruits are chosen for a special mission--to find the seven lost Books of History that have power over the past, present, and future. This is the first novel in the Lost Books series. |
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Summer Promise by Robin Jones Gunn. A summer in California for fourteen-year-old Wisconsin farm girl Christy Miller brings her a new image, a moral dilemma involving the local fast crowd, an encounter with Christianity, and a vortex of questions about what is important in life. This novel is part of the Christy Miller series. |
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Just Like Ice Cream by Lissa Halls Johnson. When her summer romance results in pregnancy, sixteen-year-old Julie receives support from her friend, a youth minister's wife, as she makes a life-changing decision--to have an abortion, keep her baby, or give it up for adoption. |
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So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones. Forced to move from Manhattan to an Oklahoma farm when her mother remarries, sixteen-year-old Bella relies on her faith while investigating a deadly, secret organization for the school newspaper. This is the first novel in the Charmed Life series. |
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The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan. High school student Charlie West awakens bloody and bruised in a concrete bunker, unable to remember why he is being pursued by both the law and a group of terrorists trying to bring down the government of the United States. This is the first novel in the Homelanders series. |
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Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth’s Last Days by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. This is the first novel in the Left Behind series. |
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Changing Faces by Wendy Lawton. Seventeen-year-old Olivia, an "overscheduled" honor student, receives the startling news that she has been chosen to receive a beauty makeover on the reality television show, “Changing Faces." This is the first novel in the Real TV series. |
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Best Friend, Worst Enemy by Beverly Lewis. Thirteen-year-old Holly's relationship with her best friend Andie is threatened when they both fall for Jared, the new boy in the seventh grade and a fellow Christian. This is the first novel in the Holly’s Heart series. |
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House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo. When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work. This is the first novel in the Dreamhouse Kings series. |
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Maggie’s Story by Dandi Daley Mackall. In this contemporary retelling of Mary Magdalene's story, Maggie Dale is stuck at a dead-end job in a podunk town in rural Ohio. Her life is on the fast lane to nowhere, until a stranger named Joshua comes to town and shows her that she can be a part of something bigger than herself. |
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Ruby Unscripted: Life is What Happens When You Lose the Script by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma. When fifteen-year-old Ruby to Marin County, California, leaving her older brother back home with her father and stepmother, she feels lost, but gradually she opens herself up to the new experiences that God is offering her. |
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Unsigned Hype by Booker T. Mattison. Fifteen-year-old Tory Tyson dreams of producing hip hop records, and as he rapidly begins to experience success doing just that, he finds that he must make choices between the way he has been raised by his single, God-fearing mother and the folks he meets in the music world. |
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Diary of an Anorexic Girl by Morgan Menzie. Morgan Menzie’s journal takes readers through a harrowing but ultimately hopeful and inspiring account of her eating disorder. Her triumphs and tragedies all unfold together in this beautiful story of God's grace. |
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Hands Across the Moon by Jane G. Meyer. Gretchen and Mia, best friends and juniors in high school, are separated when Gretchen's family moves from California to Ecuador but continue to share their hearts and experiences through their letters. |
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The Society by Bill Myers. Occult "games" are just kid's stuff--until Rebecca and Scott discover the dangerous consequences for those who get in the way. This is the first novel in the Forbidden Doors series. |
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Roses for Mama by Janette Oke. Since the death of their parents, teenage Angela and her older brother have been providing the material needs of three younger siblings, but she fears for the future. This novel is one of Janette Oke’s Classics for Girls. |
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Hangman’s Curse by Frank E. Peretti. When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind the events. This is the first novel in the Veritas Project series. |
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New Girl in Town by Nancy Rue. When her family moves from Missouri to Florida, sixteen-year-old Laura Duffy feels as if she will never fit in, but she learns coping skills, self-esteem, and reliance on God after joining a group led by Bayside High School counselor, Mrs. Isaacsen. This is the first novel in the ‘Nama Beach High series. |
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Katy’s New World by Kim Vogel Sawyer. Katy Lambright gets permission to attend a public high school outside of her Mennonite community, but her relationships with her family and lifelong friends become strained as she struggles to find a balance between two very different worlds. This is the first novel in the Katy Lambright series. |
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First Light by Bodie and Brock Thoene. Ancient scrolls retell stories of the New Testament and other historical events at the time of Christ from the perspective of blind teenaged beggar named Peniel. This is the first novel in the A.D. Chronicles series. |
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Double Exposure by Kathy Wierenga. In public school after eleven years of home schooling, sixteen-year-old Hannah struggles to reconcile her religious convictions about courtship with her growing attraction to a boy. This book is part of the Brio Girls series. |