Faith-Based Fiction for YA/Teens
Discover inspiring faith-based fiction books for teens and young adults. Explore uplifting stories that blend faith, hope, and adventure, perfect for YA readers seeking spiritual growth.
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Faith Wish
by James W. Bennett
When Anne-Marie first meets Brother Jackson at tabernacle, she feels the change come over her instantly. She's tired of being labeled an underachiever, of bad grades that won't let her graduate from high school on time, of fooling around with creepy Richard Boe. With the preacher's guidance, she can throw off the old Anne-Marie and redeem herself.And life does change fast for Anne-Marie once she finds herself pregnant with Brother Jackson's child, then transported three hundred miles to Camp Shaddai for "spiritual redemption." Isolated from home, she empties herself of everything she's ever cherished--her family and freinds, her body, even her name. Sister Ruth-Anne is a whole new person now, ready to surrender.
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Leaving Fishers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A lonely newcomer at her high school, Dorry is drawn into a religious group called "The Fishers of Men" by some friendly fellow students, only to find herself immersed in a cult that forces her to make some difficult choices and from which she must struggle to extricate herself. Reissue.
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The Shakeress
by Kimberley Burton Heuston
While searching for her true self and for the way to meet the needs of her personal sense of spirituality, an orphaned teenaged girl joins a Shaker community in mid-nineteenth century New England and learns about a new religion called Mormonism.
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Left Behind - The Kids
by Jerry B. Jenkins
A six-volume set that centers around four kids who suddenly find themselves alone after millions around the world disappear.
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Buddha Boy
by Kathe Koja
The kids at school call Jinsen “Buddha Boy”—he wears oversize tie-dyed dragon T- shirts, shaves his head, and always seems to be smiling. He’s clearly a freak. Then Justin is paired with him for a class project. As he gets to know Jinsen and his incredible artistic talent, Justin questions his own beliefs. But being friends with Buddha Boy isn’t simple, especially when Justin realizes that he’s going to have to take sides. What matters more: the high school social order or getting to know someone extraordinary?
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His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
Lyra Belacqua tries to prevent kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments, helps Will Parry search for his father, and finds that she and Will are caught in a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by her uncle, Lord Asriel.
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God Went to Beauty School
by Cynthia Rylant
A deeply compelling collection of poems about God and our everyday world from a Newbery medalist. Cynthia Rylant takes teens on an invigorating spiritual journey as she explores what God's life on Earth might be like. Rylant's reflective and often humorous verse follows God as he tries out human activities such as getting a dog, writing a fan letter, and making spaghetti. God Went to Beauty School combines the awesome with the everyday in an accessible, thought–provoking, and intelligent manner.
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I Believe in Water
by Marilyn Singer
An anthology of stories for teenagers exploring the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M.E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, and Virginia Euwer Wolff.
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No Shame, No Fear
by Ann Turnbull
A story of forbidden love between Susanna, a young Quaker girl who is a servant to a wealthy family who falls in love with their son.