Category Archives: Teen Fiction
Fabulous Fiction for Teen Girls
Sixteen-year-old Addison Blakely has tirelessly played the role of preacher’s kid—but she isn’t so sure she wants to be the good girl anymore. Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK, the first young adult novel from Betsy St. Amant, takes you inside the life of Addison Blakely as she attempts to separate love from lust, facts from faith, and keep her head above water in her murky, fishbowl existence. Available in January 2012 from Barbour Publishing, Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK is a real-life, culturally relevant story. Continue reading
A New FaithGirlz! Series for Tweens
Award-winning author and playwright Naomi Kinsman is making her debut in the tween market with an inspirational new series in the popular Faithgirlz brand. SHADES OF TRUTH and FLICKERING HOPE (Zonderkidz; December 2011; $7.99 each) are the first two books in a series named, “From Sadie’s Sketchbook.” They follow the life of twelve-year-old, high-spirited Sadie Douglas.
Recently uprooted from California to Owl Creek, Michigan, Sadie experiences ups and downs as she navigates her place within her changing world. Both books teach tween readers what it means to have faith when one doesn’t have all the answers. Continue reading
Fabulous Fiction for Teen Girls
Addison Blakely isn’t so sure she wants to be the good girl anymore. . . Sixteen-year-old Addison Blakely has tirelessly played the role of preacher’s kid—but she isn’t so sure she wants to be the good girl anymore. Addison Blakely: … Continue reading
Book Beginnings on Friday: December 2, 2011
How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you would like, … Continue reading
The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson
In author Melanie Dickerson’s latest fairy-tale retelling, loosely based on The Beauty and the Beast, Annabel Chapman is forced to work as an indentured servant at the manor house of Lord Ranulf. The new lord is said to be beastly in appearance and temperament, but Annabel’s greater fear is Bailiff Tom, a perverse man who has made unwelcome advances upon her in the past. As she works closely with Ranulf, she begins to feel safe and protected, but will she realize the calling of her heart before it’s too late? Continue reading
Dragons of the Watch by Donita K. Paul
Trapped in a forgotten city, bound by secrets, Ellie and Bealomondore must enlist the dragons of the watch to find freedom. Ellie knows exactly where she is going. She just wants to experience the pomp and circumstance of a royal wedding, then settle into a simple life with a country husband. With too many choices, Bealomondore’s future is a tangle of possibilities. He is respected, well-known, and admired among the elite of Chiril, but Wulder demands he narrow his focus and follow his Creator, one step at a time. Both Ellie and Bealomondore’s plans are thwarted when they find themselves lost in an isolated city. As they discern the needs of a group of wild children and a very old man, clues began to surface and a bigger picture is revealed. With the help of the dragons of the watch, can the two tumanhofers find the way out—and perhaps discover their connection to something greater than themselves?
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Finishing High School by Day. . .and Living in a Junkyard by Night
Finishing High School by Day. . .and Living in a Junkyard by Night
Real-World YA Fiction for Today’s Teen Readers
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Perfectly Invisible by Kristin Billerbeck
Perfectly Invisible by Kristin Billerbeck Universally Misunderstood, #2 Genre: Christian Teen Fiction Pages: 272 Trade Paperback Date Published: July 2011 Publisher: Revell Books Life after high school is so close . . . and yet so very far away. It’s … Continue reading
The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
Two Hearts. One Hope.
Rose has been appointed as a healer’s apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, a rare opportunity for a woodcutter’s daughter like her. While she often feels uneasy at the sight of blood, Rose is determined to prove herself capable. Failure will mean returning home to marry the aging bachelor her mother has chosen for her—a bloated, disgusting merchant who makes Rose feel ill.
When Lord Hamlin, the future duke, is injured, it is Rose who must tend to him. As she works to heal his wound, she begins to understand emotions she’s never felt before and wonders if he feels the same. But falling in love is forbidden, as Lord Hamlin is betrothed to a mysterious young woman in hiding. As Rose’s life spins toward confusion, she must take the first steps on a journey to discover her own destiny. Continue reading
Never Been Kissed by Melody Carlson
Summer is ending, and for once that doesn’t seem like such a bad thing to Elise. She’s hoping that starting fresh at a new high school will turn her first-kiss prospects around. New guys, new friends, and a new lease on life.
What she wasn’t counting on was all the new pressure–to hang with the right crowd, wear the right clothes, and date the right guy. Just when it seems she’s on top of the world, everything comes crashing down. Could one bad choice derail her future? Continue reading
Jane and the Raven King by Stephen Chambers
Outside the window, a squirrel in a tree popped out with a little black suitcase. At first, Jane was sure she must be mistaken, but as she watched, the squirrel opened the tiny suitcase and began arranging nuts and acorns inside…
The animals clearly knew something was wrong. Even her pet iguana scrawled a warning in the sand of his tank: He is coming.
Soon all the animals are fleeing the suburb where Jane lives. But they aren’t the only ones acting strange. Jane’s parents seem to be hypnotized by their cell phones and the TV. And her grandma starts controlling the weather and speaking in a funny language. But when Jane meets an old blind man who can drive a car and claims Jane is the only one who can save the world, well, that’s when things really start to get weird…
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GIVEAWAY & Interview with Teen Talk Radio Nicole O’Dell
Wow! What a great resource in Teen Talk Radio. Thanks to Brillhart Publicity and Nicole O’Dell one reader of Creative Madness Mama will win a two signed copies of the Scenarios: Interactive Fiction for Girls books (winner’s choice). Continue reading
INSPY Shortlist
Have you heard of the INSPY Awards? I’m absolutely delighted to be a judge for the Christian Historical Fiction category. The original announcement of the shortlisted books was October 1st, but I wanted to go ahead and share them with … Continue reading
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