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"I don't have any idea of what, if anything, is "out there" in this category - - - but this is VERY good.
The only thing I know to compare it with are Madeline L'Engle's Austin Family series - because there is a solid moral core with realistic characters who have to make tough choices." -- Robert Trexler, C.S. Lewis Society, New York
"About a year ago, I was doubting even the most basic things, such as the Lord. I read your books... and after that, everything seemed to slowly even out, and now my faith is stronger than it has ever been. So thank you so much for these books - they've touched me and helped guide me in so many ways. Thank you so so so much....Your books are my all-time favorites...THANKS!!!" - Chelsea, 6/11/08 (full quote)
"I think that there needs to be more books like yours for teens because it shows that there are people out there who aren't afraid to share the faith, letting teens know that it's cool to have a relationship with the Lord. I think that's one of the reasons why so many people love your books, because it's an alternative to all the other books out there and it shows that you can love your faith, have a relationship with the Lord and still have fun and enjoy life." -- -- Anna D., 16.
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Fairy Tale Novels for Teens!
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| The Snow White and Rose Red Trilogy |
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Book 1: The Shadow of the Bear
"One winter night as they sat at home, there came a knock at the door."
-- Grimm
Once upon a time, in New York City, two girls meet a mysterious stranger, Bear, who comes to their door one winter night.
Rose quickly befriends him, but Blanche is suspicious. To her, Bear seems to be a dangerous person who is hiding things. She's seen him covertly associate with the "drug crowd" at their high school and he tries to sell valuable church artifacts to shady dealers. He is somehow connected to the old abandoned church next to their high school.
But Rose is impressed by Bear's love and knowledge of literature and poetry. Taking her and Blanche to the opera confirms for her, Bear's trustworthiness. And yet, as events unfold, even Rose must admit that Bear is hiding dangerous activities from them.
A classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm comes to life as two very different sisters, timid Blanche and impulsive Rose, seek to discover Bear's identity and secret mission.
Read Chapter One.
 The Shadow of the Bear has been made into a full-cast audio drama. Formerly $49.95 for the 4-CD set, it is now available for download for only $15! It features the voices of Leonardo Defilippis of the "Therese" movie, and Alex Fedoryka of the Celtic band, Scythian. Nearly 4 hours of listening time. Play it on iTunes or your iPod. Listen now to the promo and episode 1.
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Book 2: Black as Night
"… a girl as white as snow and red as blood with hair as black as night..."
-- Grimm
Blanche Brier is alone for the summer in New York City, separated from her family.
And her summer job inadvertantly brings her a jealous enemy and unsuspected terror.
She finds temporary shelter with seven friars, but it's not clear to Blanche how she can escape the evil that's stalking her.
After Bear and his brother, Ben (a.k.a. "Fish"), discover that Blanche is missing, they cut-short their European trip and begin to scour New York City looking for Blanche. But the same malevolence that is lurking over Blanche seems to be hunting them as well.
With the lively help of the seven friars, Blanche struggles to sort out the ominous and apparently disconnected events that continue to build until it seems that all hope is gone.
Yet during this time, the desires of her heart are being clarified - and so are Bear's.
A black night. Honest faith. Tested love.
Read Chapter One.
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Book 3: Waking Rose
"Once upon a time..."
-- Grimm
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Book 4: The Midnight Dancers
Why live in the light, when the night seems so irresistible?
Rachel Durham, 18, is tired of her father and stepmother’s staid morality and pristine prosperity.
The summer of her senior year, she’s more than ready for a walk on the wild side, and the door opens - literally - when she and her eleven sisters (and stepsisters) discover a secret passageway out of their historic home on the Chesapeake Bay.
 At night, boys in boats and a forbidden island beckon from the shore, and Rachel and her sisters jump aboard.
The night becomes Rachel’s true world, and her daytime life becomes a disposable mask.
Her puzzled father tries to tow his daughters back into line by enlisting the help of Paul, a med student with a seasonal job juggling at the town festival.
But Paul realizes that simply blocking the girls from their midnight parties isn’t going to solve the family’s problems.
So he embarks on a risky balancing act to gain the girls’ trust – and to make Rachel see that splitting her life between night and light is a dangerous dance.
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| Why Fairy Tales Are Still Interesting...
To the insane man his insanity is quite prosaic, because it is quite true. A man who thinks himself a chicken is to himself as ordinary as a chicken. A man who thinks he is a bit of glass is to himself as dull as a bit of glass. It is the homogeneity of his mind which makes him dull, and which makes him mad. It is only because we see the irony of his idea that we think him even amusing; it is only because he does not see the irony of his idea that he is put in Hanwell at all. In short, oddities only strike ordinary people. Oddities do not strike odd people. This is why ordinary people have a much more exciting time; while odd people are always complaining of the dullness of life. This is also why the new novels die so quickly, and why the old fairy tales endure for ever. The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it is his adventures that are startling; they startle him because he is normal. But in the modern psychological novel the hero is abnormal; the centre is not central. Hence the fiercest adventures fail to affect him adequately, and the book is monotonous. You can make a story out of a hero among dragons; but not out of a dragon among dragons. The fairy tale discusses what a sane man will do in a mad world. The sober realistic novel of to-day discusses what an essential lunatic will do in a dull world.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Orthodoxy, Chapter 2, "The Maniac"
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