40 Great Books for Teens

Not all books are created equal. This list highlights well-written books rooted in courage, truth, and hope.
40 Great Books for Teens
Good books instill a healthy morality. Vitaly Gariev/Unsplash
Jeff Minick
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Three moments with books:

A tourist stands in my bookshop and watches her two tween grandchildren browsing the shelves. “I don’t care what they read,” she said, “as long as they’re reading.”

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.