SoulQuest Fiction Title: Armageddon Summer Author: Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville Summary: Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain, where they try to decide what they themselves believe. Title: Asylum for Nightface Author: Bruce Brooks Summary: A deeply spiritual seventeen-year-old takes a radical step to save himself from the fanaticism of his born-again Christian parents. Title: Brides of Eden: A True Story Imagined Author: Linda Crew Summary: In this story based on true events, sixteen-year-old Eva and her female friends become obsessed with a charismatic young man who comes to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1904, claiming to be a Christian prophet. Title: Chosen Author: Chaim Potok Summary: The unlikely friendship between an Orthodox and a secular Jew brings deeper understanding to both young men. Title: Good Omens Author: Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett Summary: The Apocalypse draws nigh and the world is scheduled to end next Saturday. Unfortunately, the Antichrists been misplaced. A biting look at the nature of God, man and reality. Title: I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion Author: Summary: An anthology of stories for teenagers exploring the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M.E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, and Virginia Euwer Wolff. Title: Sarah: Women of Genesis Author: Orson Scott Card Summary: The young Sarah is pledged to be a priestess of Asherah until a seemingly chance meeting with a man named Abram changes her goals. Instead, Sarah convinces her family that her destiny lies in being the wife of this desert wanderer, and she waits eight years for his promised return. Waiting becomes her life, when, despite happy years together, childlessness begins to disrupt her marriage and her faith in Abram's God. Title: Send Me Down a Miracle Author: Han Nolan Summary: A sleepy, God-fearing southern town erupts in chaos when a flamboyant artist from New York City returns to her birthplace for an artistic experiment. Title: Seventeen Ways to Eat a Mango Author: Joshua Kadison Summary: An allegorical tale of a botanist who travels to a tropical island for the purpose of installing a mango cannery for a multinational corporation. His plans go awry when he meets an enigmatic Buddha-like character whose pearls of wisdom turn the scientist's life upside down. Illustrated. Title: Siddhartha Author: Herman Hesse Summary: The classic story of Prince Siddhartha's path to enlightenment. Title: Slap Your Sides Author: M.E. Kerr Summary: Life in their Pennsylvania hometown changes for Jubal Shoemaker and his family when his older brother witnesses to his Quaker beliefs by becoming a conscientious objector during World War II. Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Summary: A proud, independent black woman's quest for identity, on a journey that takes her through three marriages and back to her roots. Title: Whirligig Author: Paul Fleischman Summary: While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement. Non-Fiction Title: Great Divorce Author: C. S. Lewis Summary: What if Hell sent day-trips (by cosmic bus) to paradise? Call Number: 244 LEW Title: More Taste Berries for Teens Author: Summary: From the authors of Chicken Soup for the Soul, this is a book that focuses on themes including: self-worth; friendship; love and relationships; parents and teens; how to create an attitude for life success; how to decide what to do in life; how to give, share and make a difference; and how to cope with stress-filled and embarrassing moments. Call Number: 158.10835 MOR Title: She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall Author: Misty Bernall Summary: This is a story of growing up in the '90s, of peer pressure, adolescent turmoil, and the tough choices parents make. It is the story of a mother's loss - of dreams and hopes dashed by the cruel reality of death at an early age. It is also a story of redemption more enduring than the tragedy that cut a young life short. Call Number: 378.178209 BER0 Title: Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backwards Author: Brian Luke Seaward Summary: The author of Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water shows how facing stress with heart and humor can lessen its detrimental effects. Call Number: 155.9042 SEA Title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Author: Robert M. Pirsig Summary: A combination of philosophical speculation and psychological tension, the book is a complex story of relationships, values, madness, and enlightenment. The guide serves as a metaphorical backpack of supplies for the reader's journey through the original work. Call Number: B PIRSIG