Mormon Teens

David Ridges made the Book of Mormon easier for you-now let this master teacher help your teen understand the scriptures too. Specifically tailored to youth and the challenges they face in these latter days, Part One covers 1 Nephi through Words of Mormon and features maps, coded text, and new scriptural analysis. Help your children build a strong spiritual foundation, rooted in the Book of Mormon.

Weeks away from turning sixteen, Kyle Hooper longs to get his license and (legally) drive the old Suburban his Grandpa Hooper left him. Sardonic, light-hearted, a prankster, Kyle wants more freedom in his Colorado Mormon life, including the freedom to date any number of "lovelies," as he calls them. His mother, Lucille, a part-time trauma nurse and a devoted Mormon mom, wants Kyle to get serious about school and preparing for his mission. In vivid detail she often warns him about the consequences of a misspent youth—drug addiction, arrest and imprisonment, expulsion from school, early ...

From the moment Sariah and Lehi’s family arrived in the promised land, their prophets warned that the people would face destruction if they failed to trust in Christ. Centuries later, Mormon witnesses the fulfillment of this dark prophecy. He witnesses his own people hewn down in open rebellion against God. Crying out from the depths of his heart, the prophet reflects on what went wrong and how it might have been avoided. Through it all, hope in Christ abides.

He has no name. His past is a mystery. His future is etched in blood… The Spartan knows an opportunity when he sees one. There is unholy work for a mercenary in the Holy Land. And work is good, for there is no end of service amongst kings and robber barons for a man who sells his sword so well. Can a mercenary trained only for war become an instrument of peace?… But after an alluring handmaiden to the queen catches his eye, the Sellsword puts himself in harm’s way to protect her and the innocent people of Jerusalem. To save the noble few, curses and blades won’t stop the Spartan ...

Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Bertelsen dreams of becoming an astronomer, but she knows such dreams are as unreachable as the stars she so deeply adores. As a Mormon girl, her duty is to her family and, in a not too far away future, to the man who'll choose to marry her. When she unexpectedly finds herself in Colorado, she's tempted by the total eclipse of the sun that's about to happen - and maybe even meeting up with the female scientists she's long admired.

Is it just a myth that a teenager can keep high standards and still be well-liked? Molly Chambers certainly hopes not. She just tries to do what is right and be herself, even if that brings ridicule from guys like Travis and Mitch. She can even handle the verbal jabs of Jennavive Taylor, the most popular girl in school. But soon, Molly faces a whole new challenge. When Molly's best friend is swept away by the school's top athlete - and top party guy - Molly unexpectedly finds herself attracted to his best friend.

The road to adulthood is as rocky as the trail heading west. Asenath Wilcox was only a baby when her family was expelled from Nauvoo by vicious mobs. Now she is sixteen, and her family has since established a prosperous farm in Iowa. But being the only Latter-day Saints for miles and miles, their isolation has come at a cost. Asenath is certain she will die a spinster, especially with an overprotective older brother who chases away any suitors. When the first shots of the Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter, Asenath’s father finally decides to sell his farm and join a company of Saints ...

A 14-year-old boy struggles with family relationships and accepting the beliefs he was taught as a child. While on the vacation of a lifetime, driving from the United States through México, Central and South America, he visits ruins and reads scripture. As his feelings and opinions begin to clarify, he decides to express his feelings through mazes of scenes representing his religious interpretations, with short write-ups intended to help other young people discover what took him so long to understand.