Never Fear! Carrot Man is Here

Food sculpture of a chivalrous carrot knight by Bealeton teen, Julie Kolba

So awesome!

Teen Book Recommendation: Becoming Me

Becoming Me - by Melody Carlson
Recommended by: Meg

Sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner keeps a six-month diary in which she records the day-to-day events of her life as well as her struggles to understand herself and God's plan for her future.

*This book is the first in the Diary of a Teenage Girl series about Caitlin. If you like it, you may also want to check out the diaries of Chloe, Maya, and Kim.

Meg Says: I would recommend this book to any teenage girl, I would definitely read more things like it.

Teen Book Recommendation: No Shame, No Fear

No Shame, No Fear - by Ann Turnbull
Recommended by: Maggie


In England in 1662, a time of religious persecution, fifteen-year-old Susanna, a poor country girl and a Quaker, and seventeen-year-old William, a wealthy Anglican, meet and fall in love against all odds.

Maggie says:
Set in 1662 England, this is the story about Susanna a Quaker, and William a wealthy studied young man. And how they fall in love against the odds. It's Romeo and Juliet styled, with the families against them, and the world practicaly against them. I couldn't put it down. I had to know what would happen.

It had a spiritual edge to it, that makes you want to be like Susanna and have that faith and belief. It was simply amazing. I recommend the second book as well, Forged in the Fire.

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Teen Book Recommendation: The Looking Glass Wars

The Looking Glass Wars - by Frank Beddor
Recommended by: Maggie

When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne.

Maggie says: If you think you know the story of Alice in Wonderland, think again. It wasn't a world of wonder and white rabbits, it was a world being torn apart by an evil queen. Queen Redd.

I was unable to put this book down. I recommend this novel, and the others in the series to anyone who's up for a great read! It was exciting to see a new twist on a beloved story.

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Teen Book Recommendation: Diary of a Fairy Godmother

Diary of a Fairy Godmother - by Esmé Raji Codel
Recommended by: Nicole, Grade 8

Hunky Dory's mother always told her, "You'll be the wickedest witch wherever the four winds blow." And why not? She was at the top of her class in charm school. She could make flowers wilt like wet spaghetti and thunder rumble like a whale's bellyache. And she could turn any prince into a frog - but she always changed him back. That's when Hunky knew there'd be a problem. Hunky Dory's interest in wishcraft over witchcraft gets her kicked out of charm school. Now she's determined to follow her heart and become a fairy godmother. But how to go about doing it? She gives a woodsman a new mustache, and grants Wolf his strange wish for a grandmother costume. Yet it all seems so unsatisfying, somehow.

Finally, motivated by jealousy over her friend Rumpelstiltskin's crush on the girl in the roomful of straw, she meets the ticket to realizing her career dream -- Cinderella.

Nicole says: I really liked this book because it contains parts of different fairy tales, which brought back childhood memories for me. I could relate to Hunky Dory when she didn't know what to do when she graduated, but then eventually made up her mind. This book is VERY funny.

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