Yesterday I shared what I’m reading this summer. Today I wanted to give a snapshot of what my teenage daughter has been reading. You might get some ideas here for your own kids. And you can always pick up one of these for yourself, too! (After all, where do you think my daughter heard of these to begin with?)
- Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions, Gregory Koukl
- Servant on the Edge of History, Sam James
- The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected, Nik Ripken
- Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcom Gladwell
- Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success, John Maxwell
- Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World, Bob Goff (Kharis loved this one!)
- Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, Francis Chan
- 90 Miles to Havana, Enrique Flores-Galbis
- Prisoner B-3087, Alan Gratz
- She Is Not Invisible, Marcus Sedgwick
- Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers
- Tokyo Heist, Diana Renn
- The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge
- There Will Be Lies, Nick Lake
- The Girl I Used to Be, April Henry
- All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
- Benaiah, Cliff Graham (This is the first in a series Graham has called The Hall of the Mighty Men. See also David, Ittai, Eliahba, and Gareb.)
“Hear, Hear” for Audiobooks
My wife and I have also found that our kids love audiobooks about as much as we do. There are a lot of ways to get audiobooks, but we’ve been pleased with the selection by Family Radio Theatre. They produce the books well for teenagers, and our older kids (11 and 14) absolutely love them.
- Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace
- Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
- The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom
- Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
- C.S. Lewis at War, Paul McCusker
- God’s Smuggler, Brother Andrew
- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park
- Amy Carmichael, Janet and Geoff Benge
- Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas
- Silas Marner, George Eliot
- Father Gilbert, Dave Arnold
- The Brinkman Adventures, Ian Bultman