DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS?
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith–without losing her identity or sense of style.

CAUGHT UP IN THE DRAMA
by ReShonda Billingsley
When Camille starts to appear in rap music videos, her close relationship with her friends in the Good Girlz is threatened by her quest for stardom.

EVOLUTION, ME, & OTHER FREAKS OF NATURE
by Robin Brande
Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include "Intelligent Design" in lessons on evolution.

ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
by Amy Clipston
After her mother dies and she and her father move in with her wealthy aunt and cousin, Emily struggles when her car-loving, tomboy identity and her way of expressing her faith clash with the expectations of others.

CROSSING TO PARADISE
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
When fifteen-year-old Gatty, an illiterate field-girl who sings beautifully, is selected for a pilgrimage, she travels from her home on an English estate to London, Venice, and eventually Jerusalem, and experiences great changes in her circumstances and in herself.

HOW TO RUIN A SUMMER VACATION
by Simone Elkeles
When sixteen-year-old Amy, a spoiled American, goes to Israel for a three-month summer vacation with a father she barely knows, she is not prepared for his Jewish family and the changes they bring about in her life.

GOD IS IN THE PANCAKES
by Robin Epstein
Fifteen-year-old Grace, having turned her back on religion when her father left, now finds herself praying for help with her home and love life, and especially with whether she should help a beloved elderly friend die with dignity.

THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES
by Cecilia Galante
When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment.

THE SECRET LIFE OF SPARROW DELANEY
by Suzanne Harper
In Lily Dale, New York, a community dedicated to the religion of Spiritualism, tenth-grader Sparrow Delaney, the youngest daughter in an eccentric family of psychics, agonizes over whether or not to reveal her special abilities in order to help a friend.

SAVING MADDIE
by Varian Johnson
Joshua Wynn is a preacher's son and a "good boy" who always does the right thing. Until Maddie comes back to town. Maddie is the daughter of the former associate pastor of Joshua's church, and his childhood crush. Now Maddie is all grown up, gorgeous – and troubled.

STRANGE RELATIONS
by Sonia Levitin
Fifteen-year-old Marne is excited to be able to spend her summer vacation in Hawaii, not realizing the change in her lifestyle it would bring staying with her aunt, seven cousins, and uncle who is a Chasidic rabbi.

YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
by Brian Meehl
Billy has spent his almost-sixteen years with four cardinal points – Mother, Christ, Bible, and Home-school – but when he sets off on a wild road trip to find the father he thought was dead, he learns much about himself and life.

THE VIPER WITHIN
by Sam Mills
Bitter and angry after his parents' divorce, Jon joins a cult, The Religion of Hebetheus, at his high school and soon becomes embroiled in a plot to kidnap a fellow student and suspected terrorist, but their plans go terribly wrong.

THE GOD BOX
by Alex Sanchez
When openly gay Manuel transfers to Paul's high school, Paul, a born-again Christian, begins to question his own sexuality. How could he choose between his sexuality and his spirituality, two of the most important parts that made him whole?

GRACE
by Elizabeth Scott
Sixteen-year-old Grace travels on a decrepit train toward a border that may not exist, recalling events that brought her to choose life over being a suicide bomber, and dreaming of freedom from the extremist religion-based government of Keran Berj.

THE GEORGES AND THE JEWELS
by Jane Smiley
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.

NO SHAME, NO FEAR
by Ann Turnbull
In England in 1662, a time of religious persecution, fifteen-year-old Susanna, a poor country girl and a Quaker, and seventeen-year-old William, a wealthy Anglican, meet and fall in love against all odds.

SMALL TOWN SINNERS
by Melissa Walker
High school junior Lacey finds herself questioning the evangelical Christian values she has been raised with when a new boy arrives in her small town.

DONUT DAYS
by Lara Zielin
During a camp-out promoting the opening of a donut shop in a small Minnesota town, sixteen-year-old Emma, an aspiring journalist, begins to connect an ongoing pollution investigation with the turmoil in the evangelical Christian church where her parents are pastors.

SERIES

TRUECOLORS SERIES
by Melody Carlson
By taking on these difficult, sometimes taboo topics without being phony or preachy, best-selling author Melody Carlson challenges her readers to stay true to who they are and what they believe.

THE RAYNE TOUR SERIES
BOOK ONE: ALWAYS WATCHING
by Brandilyn Collins
When a frightening murder occurs after one of her famous mother's rock concerts, sixteen-year-old Shaley tries to help the police find the killer and to determine whether her long-lost father has some connection to the crime.

MIRACLE GIRLS SERIES
BOOK ONE: THE MIRACLE GIRLS
by Anne Dayton
Meet the Miracle Girls of Half Moon Bay! They may look ordinary, but each one is living out her second chance at life. Too bad it's their last chance at surviving high school!

THE LOST BOOKS SERIES
BOOK ONE: CHOSEN
by Ted Dekker
The land of the Forest Dwellers has been decimated by the Horde under the watchful eye of the vilest of all creatures, Teeleh. Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, is forced to lower the recruitment age of his army from 18 to 16. From among thousands, four new recruits are chosen to lead – and perhaps die – for the greater good.

THE REINVENTION OF SKYLAR HOYT SERIES
BOOK ONE: ME, JUST DIFFERENT
by Stephanie Morrill
An incident at a summer party and major family crises have high school senior Skylar Hoyt rethinking her way of life, and with the help of a new boy at school and a youth coach at church, she begins to find her true self.