Need Christian themed book suggestions for 12.5 yo dd...

[smilesonly]

She burns through books sooo quickly, and it is beyond exhausting! I cannot take one more trip to the library-to weed through all the trashy books aimed at her reading level(upper highschool/college). The last two trips, I have pre-read, and that is okay-but to a point! I have my own reading stack to tackle!;)

I would love,love good read suggestions with a Christian theme. She prefers modern fiction for her free reads(which is the point of this post).

Thank you!!

[Nissi]

Here are some titles that come to mind:

Catherine Marshall's two novels : Christy and Julie
Girl of Limberlost, Freckles, and Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter
George McDonald's Books.

Not very modern, but enjoyable.
HTH!

[WendyK]

The Five Little Peppers - Margaret Sidney There are a few books from this series. They are old fashioned, but enjoyable. They kind of remind me of the Little House books. The age says 9-12, but even an adult could enjoy the stories, and the language is a little more challenging (but very readable).

[OhElizabeth]

I know this sounds so antithetical to the WTM approach, but have you looked at the BJU lit? You can use their bibliography to select whole books. I've got an entire box of delicious books I ordered through paperbackswap using the BJU lit 7 list. The stuff is AMAZING, broad, and way beyond what I would have found myself. I've made other posts with lists of some of them. Ok, it's not all modern, but I think that's a potential trap, to say you only like modern stuff. Much of the stuff is early or mid 20th century, which seems good to me. (not post-christian, even if not explicitly christian) I think from the lit 7 on, you'd probably be fine pulling from any of the lists. (Emily Dickinson is ageless.)

[strider]

My own dd (12yo) absolutely LOVED the Mitford series by Jan Karon, and so did I. They are well-written books with lovable, principled characters. They are truly delightful.

[Tami]

If she is mature and a strong reader, she would love the Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker. These are some of my favorite books of all time! I believe the first is "Black."

[smilesonly]

Thanks, for all of the ideas!

I should have explained in my post, that I am searching for freetime reading only. Dd has to read herself to sleep, and what she reads, needs to be kept light and fun. No heavy drama,etc. She only reads modern fiction at bedtime-and I am perfectly fine with that.;)

Off to the library...:auto:

[dhudson]

Anything by Lori Wick - they do have lots of romance (pure but romantic) in them so keep that in mind. Janette Oke, Donita K Paul (fantasy), Robin Jones Gunn for starters.

[MommyJo]

Have you thought of doing some of the Sonlight readers or read alouds? Instead of doing the ones on her grade level just move her ahead some. I do not know exactly what type they are but I know that I have yet to hear any complaints on them. Most people say the children can't put them down. Just a suggestion.

[HeatherInWI]

Anything by Lori Wick, Janette Oke, or Grace Livingston Hill. The Grace Chapel Inn series. If she likes things a little more tense and thriller style, Karen Kingsbury has some good ones. Some of the Melody Carlson things written for teens are good, but I'd recommend prescreening them, depending on how impressionable your daughter is. (Melody Carlson deals with a lot of real-life teen issues with a Christian twist, so sex, drugs, abortion, suicide, wicca, etc. are involved in her books.)

[budeb]

Check out reading lists from Sonlight, Ambleside on line, other curriculums for that age group.