Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Pattyn feels like the only things she does right are changing diapers and burping babies. Pattyn is named after the WWII General Patton. Her father wanted a son so badly that he named each of his six daughters after male generals. This book, written in verse, tells the story of Pattyn and her struggle growing up in a dysfunctional, abusive, religious home. Her mother is beaten. Her father is an alcoholic and she herself has no real friends. After getting caught in a compromising situation, shall we say, with a boy (!!!) she is shipped off to her Aunt J's house in Arizona where she experiences real freedom for the first time. However, the rosy glow of first love is shattered when her father decides to drag her back home. What will Pattyn do when her life is destroyed? What would you do in her shoes? By the author of Crank, Burned will be available for you to check out soon! Let me know if you want to place a hold on it! -Till next time! Suzanne

Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas

This book is SOOOOOOOOOOO good. It's all about Steve York, a Senior who might not graduate because he's short one Engish credit (and also smoking a lot of pot). His guidance counselor throws him a line, in the form of a 100 page written assignment on the topic of His Life. If he writes the paper, he gets the credit. Steve chooses to write about how he went from a stellar, all-A's student his first years of high school to a pot-smoking, class-cutting Senior. Steve experiences his first love and his first sexual experience. The twist that is thrown in at the end is so perfectly veiled throughout the book that you won't see it coming and so I'm not going to tell you what it is. READ IT! IT IS AWESOME! Till next time! -Suzanne

Christian Reading for Teens - List

Do you like Inspirational Fiction? AKA Christian Fiction? Here's a list of a few titles owned by your very own Lebanon Public Library to help you continue your quest to Inspired Reading...also included are some nonfiction titles:

FICTION
Left Behind: The Kids by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim Lahaye

Christy Series by C. Archer

An American Adventure Series by Lee Roddy

Diary of a Teenage Girl Series by Melody Carlson

Bonnets and Bugles Series by Gilbert Morris

Love Rules by Dandi Daley Mackall

Warrior Girl by Pauline Chandler

NONFICTION
Soul Surfer: a True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton

Dateable by Justin Lookadoo and Hayley DiMarco

Mean Girls by Hayley DiMarco

She Said Yes by Misty Bernall

Walking with Frodo by Sarah Arthur

Walking with Bilbo by Sarah Arthur

Conversations with God for Teens by Neale Donald Walsch

The Prayer of Jabez for Teens by Bruce Wilkinson

Chicken Soup for the Christian Teenage Soul by Various Authors

Wait for Me by Rebecca St. James