role models | catholic-teen-books

Jul 183 min read

5 Saint Novels Your Teen Will Love

Through misperception or stale storytelling, the lives of the saints may seem boring or irrelevant. They are quite the opposite!

Oct 18, 20232 min read

Be You!

In movies, TV shows, video games, and books, so much emphasis is given to characters who buck the system, those who defy expectations,...

Jan 18, 20234 min read

Hope for the Future. A review of pro-life novel "For Eden's Sake"

(The following review was posted in 2019 at LitbytheTree.com) "One of this year’s newest Catholic YA novels is difficult to describe. I...

Oct 31, 20223 min read

Called to be Holy

When we think of saints we usually think of unusual people—popes, bishops, missionaries, miracle workers, Carmelite nuns, even the...

Jun 15, 20222 min read

Overcoming Setbacks

You know it’s going to be a challenging week when you start it out by Googling, “What to do when you’ve taken a blow to your ego?”...