Beneath Wandering Stars by Ashlee Cowles Summary: Beneath Wandering Stars by Ashlee Cowles After her soldier brother is horribly wounded in Afghanistan, Gabriela must honor the vow she made: If anything ever happened to him, she would walk the Camino de Santiago through Spain, making a pilgrimage in his name. The worst part is that …

Spokes by Deanna Klingel Summary: A Catholic girl and a Jewish boy training for a triathlon, search for clues to solve the mystery of a hit and run killer. Along the way they discover the importance of truth, friendship, and faith. Review: Spokes could be classified as an adventurous mystery, but the real heart of …

Summary: After winning silver, teen snowboarder Jake Taylor is struggling with sudden fame when he s offered a gig he can’t refuse: becoming a spokesperson for a state-of-the-art athletic training facility. Training for its first competition, Jake relies on his faith to help him find ways to use his fame to help others… when athletes …

From Afar by Roger Thomas The Magi, or Three Kings, of the Nativity story are among the best loved yet most mysterious figures in all history. The fleeting and sparse account in St. Matthew’s Gospel raises as many questions as it answers. It has been so embroidered over the centuries that the original historical context …

Gifts: Visible and Invisible The second anthology by authors at CatholicTeenBooks.com. This collection of eight Christmas-y stories will introduce readers to the author’s unique styles and may help make Christmas a little bit more meaningful. Contemporary, historical, dystopian, and saintly stories fill this second anthology. All the inspiring Christmas stories are about a gift of …

Saint Magnus, The Last Viking by Susan Peek Come back in time 900 years, to the fierce and desolate Northern lands, where Norsemen ruled with ax and sword. A dying king, a shocking death-wish, his heirs divided with an oath of blood . . .In this fast-paced new novel by the highly popular Susan Peek, …

Riddle at the Rodeo by Claudia Cangilla McAdam When someone steals the prize buckle of a junior bull-riding champion, amateur sleuth Kirsten Camarata sets her mind to solving the mystery. She takes part in a rodeo in order to get behind the scenes, and even though someone goes to extreme measures to prevent her from …

Book Review of Show Me A Sign by Susan Miura All he wanted was to share a pizza with the coolest girl he’d ever met. Then his almost-girlfriend was kidnapped. Seventeen-year-old Nathan Boliva is under investigation by the FBI for a kidnapping he didn’t commit. Deaf and beautiful Haylie Summers agreed to go on a …

Book Review of Where You Lead by Leslea Wahl Sixteen-year-old Eve Donahue’s lonely existence changes in an instant when visions of a mysterious stranger haunt her. Certain God is calling her for a mission, she bravely says yes and begins her quest to meet this young man. ​Thousands of miles away, Nick Hammond has been dealing …

The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan Charlie West just woke up in someone else’s nightmare. He’s strapped to a chair. He’s covered in blood and bruises. He hurts all over. And a strange voice outside the door just ordered his death. The last thing he can remember, he was a normal high-school kid …