Religion in Teen Fiction

Book of Fred by Abby Bardi

• A teen who was raised in a cult is put into foster care and must decide what she will believe apart from her family.

I am Not Esther by Fleur Beale

• Kirby's mom leaves her with relatives who are part of a strict religion.

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

• Pattyn escapes from her abusive father to her aunt who no longer practices the Mormon religion.

Blind Faith by Ellen Wittlinger

• Liz's mom joins a Spiritualist church to try  to communicate with a dead relative.

A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt

• Simone, an atheist, meets her birth mother, a Jew.

Incantation by Alice Hoffman

• Estrella's world changes when she finds out her family have been secretly practicing the Jewish faith during the Spanish Inquisition.

No Shame No Fear by Ann Turnbull

• A historical novel about two young quakers, one a convert to the religion.

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin

• Marne spends the summer with her extended family, who are Chasidic Jews.

Never Mind the Goldbergs by Matthue Roth

• Hava is punk rock.  Also an Orthodox Jew.

The Shakeress by Kimberly Heuston

A historical novel about a girl who joins the Shakers as a child but later finds that it isn't for her.

Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande

• Mena comes to her own conclusion about her beliefs after she is unfairly banned from her church.

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