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Like a Prayer: Complexities of Faith in YA Fiction and Life, a guest post by Annie Cardi
I never thought of myself as a particularly religious teen. My family was Catholic because we’d always been Catholic. We ate fish on Fridays during Lent but didn’t say grace before meals. I went to Catholic elementary school, because my parents felt it was a good religious foundation and the school was strong academically, but […]
On Death, Dying, and Faith in YA Fiction, a guest post by Tara K. Ross
Debut author Tara K. Ross talks about turning to books to find company in the confusion of questions about life, faith, and death.
Book Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Publisher’s Book Description: New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart. Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded […]
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#FSYALit: From Rejection to Reconciliation: Changing Notions of Faith and Spirituality in LGBTQ YA, a guest post by Rob Bittner
“What I would love to see more of in Queer YA with Christian sub-plots is the ability of characters to reimagine their spirituality—their faith—in ways which incorporate gender and sexual identities, instead of feeling the need to abandon all religious and spiritual components of their identities.” –Rob Bittner Back in 2015 (was that really […]
#FSYALit Book Review (and more): What If I’m an Atheist?
What If I’m an Atheist?: A Teen’s Guide to Exploring Life Without Religion by David Seidman REVIEW COPY COURTESY OF EDELWEISS ISBN-13: 9781582704074 Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: 3/10/2015 REVIEW: When I saw this title pop up on Edelweiss, asking for it was a no-brainer. As an atheist currently writing a novel that centers around an […]
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