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Reading Religion

From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:01:25 -0500

Just some quick titles:

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul -- Jack Canfield (little more than short, personal anectedotes by various writers, but religion plays a key factor in the themes.)

Conversations with God for teens -- Neale Walsh (a lot of controversy on this one, as some feel it's little more than "feel good positive thinking" couched in religious terms. But that's not our call to make)

Left Behind: the Kids -- Jerry Jenkins (Junior version of the popular adult series protraying a very fundamentalist view of the Biblical End Times.)

Cooper Kids Adventure Series -- Frank Peretti (sort of a Hardy Boys or Bobsey Twins for the religious reader)

Mandie Mysteries -- Lois Gladys Leppard (set in the 1800's a Christian cross between Nancy Drew and Laura Ingles Wilder)

"Adventures of the Northwoods" and "Riverboat Mysteries" -- Lois Walfrid Johnson (see above!)
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