Craig is a pious teen who is an outcast, even at religious camp. Rather than trash-talk, Craig actually reads the Bible and also draws. When he meets beautiful Raina, he must reconcile is feelings about love, spirituality, God and the church. (graphic novel)
2. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Famous civil rights leader tells his story of transformation from
a street-savvy criminal to a follower of the Nation of Islam,
and to his ultimate spiritual awakening as a Muslim that peaks
with the hajj journey from Mecca to Medina.
3. Dare Truth or Promise, by Paula Boock
Willa and Louie are two girls who are falling in love in this
story set in New Zealand. Louie struggles not only with
her sexual identity, but how she can reconcile it with her faith,
and ultimately finds hope through a discussion with a young priest.
4. Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature, by Robin Brande
Mena’s life couldn’t get much worse: by her first day of
high school, she has been kicked out of church, bullied
by former friends, and hated by her parents, all because
she took a stand to do the right thing. Her freshman year
improves when she is paired with Casey in biology, and
her brilliant science teacher helps Mena explore how belief
in science isn’t necessarily opposed to a belief in God.
5. The Ransom of Mercy Carter, by Caroline B. Cooney
Based on true events, this is the tale of Mercy Carter, an
11-year-old girl who is taken prisoner by the Mohawk Indians
after a raid her village of Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704.
After trekking to a traditional Indian village in Canada, Mercy
struggles to reconcile her attraction to the Kahnawake Mohawk
way of life (including the newly Catholic tribe’s rituals) with her
Puritanical upbringing.
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