Target: Christian Fiction

[Dawn Sardes <Dmsardes@AOL.COM>]

Hi all

I'm asking for recommendations for Christian fiction for Teens.

Several teens and parents have approached me asking for  Christian books
(fiction).  I have directed them to Christy by Catherine Marshall, the
Clearwater Crossing series, and the Nikki Sheridan, Christy Miller, & Sierra
Jensen series from Focus on the Family, and the Left Behind: The Kids series
by Jenkins & LaHaye.

I am trying to buy more for the collection.  There is a new series on Amazon
called Payton Sky by Stephanie Perry Moore.  Has anyone seen it?  The cover
art and the titles of the 1st three, "Staying Pure, Sober Faith, & Saved
Race," are pretty hokey.

Amazon also has non-fiction books by a publishing called
Bethany House--mostly conduct of life type books, but they're not reviewed.
Nobody else in the entire Clevnet system owns them either, which raises a red

I hate to buy Christian fiction unseen because some of it can be pretty
dreadful.  At my last library I found a series that depicted two young teens
saving Jews during the Holocaust, but in a way that demeaned & trivialized
that horrific experience (complete with religious conversions).  I weeded it
immediately.

I am not a big fan of this genre, so I'm hoping you can suggest some titles,
many of which I may already own, but don't realize that they are Christian.


Dawn Sardes
YA Librarian
Euclid Public Library
Euclid OH
dmsardes@aol.com

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