It’s a Mystery, how to find mysteries with an inspriational message
When young mystery lovers plow through Ladd Family Adventure Series and the Boxcar Children, it becomes harder to find appealing books in the genre without a dark mix of violence, sex and the occult.
Filed under: Christian fiction, Christian mysteries, Collection Development, Faith, Inspirational fiction, Mysteries, Reader's Advisory, Spirituality

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Thank you for posting this. In library school, we are so often trained to take a stand against censorship, particularly when it's religiously driven, that we forget one thing: our observantly religious patrons are patrons too. I like the idea of having materials for them that they can enjoy.
Thanks for the post. stay blessed