Secrets: Visible and Invisible is a collection of short stories by seven CatholicTeenBooks.com authors. As described by Mark Hart of Life Teen International, who provides the foreword, "Each story reveals something different about the human heart and our constant (though, often veiled) desire for truth and virtue." 
Secret (n.) - something kept hidden from knowledge or view; a mystery. In a dystopian future, an innocent picnic turns deadly! 
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<li>Elijah knows nothing of the elderly stranger's secret past--until her disappearance changes everything. 
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<li>A mysterious, ever-changing painting alarms a group of teens. 
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<li>The cannonball took Dario's legs . . . Will he lose his soul too? 
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<li>The arrival of a mysterious girl challenges everything about Jason's life. 
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<li>An unlicensed driver. His dad's truck. What could possibly go wrong? 
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<li>An old tale of murder and forbidden love leads to a modern day treasure hunt. 
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For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. (Luke 8:17 RSV-CE)

Secrets: Visible & Invisible (Catholic Teen Books Visible & Invisible Anthology Series)

Literature & Fiction

Linden, Theresa

Toney, Cynthia T.

Peek, Susan

TURNER, CORINNA

Wahl, Leslea

Astfalk, Carolyn

Gaouette, T.M.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Catholic Teen Books

Gifts: Visible and Invisible is a collection of short stories by eight CatholicTeenBooks.com authors. 
 THE OUTLAWS' FRIEND: Setting out in a raging blizzard with nothing but an outlaw's trunk and a heart clenched with dread, Barney leaves the warmth of his family for the cold unknown. Will he find the courage to obey the command? 
IN THE STEPS OF A SAINT: What could an ancient Christmas carol possibly have to do with Andrew's life? He's about to find out! 
A PERFECT CHRISTMAS: No tree, no cookies, no gifts. Not a single flake of snow. With sick siblings, Dad stranded, and Mom overwhelmed, will Christmas come at all to Marigold's topsy-turvy home? 
OPERATION GIFT DROP: In a dystopian future, Bolcan wants to prove his skills as a rescuer but this is a crazy mission: deliver gifts to Aldonians by stealth and at risk of capture.CHRISTMAS ANGEL: Meg’s unforgettable Advent journey begins when four simple words challenge her idea of a perfect Christmas. 
SIGNS OF CHRISTMAS: Christmas without her friend Sal isn't the same, but Antonina finds a new friend whose circumstances have her rethinking the value of a gift. 
JUST JESUS: Christmas had always made sense to Vanessa, until her yuletide festivities are called into question by a new kid named Luke and a mysterious wood carving. 
A VERY JURASSIC CHRISTMAS EVE: Joshua's perfect Christmas Eve is upended by the plight of a starving mamma dino and her babies. Meanwhile, Darryl and her family risk their lives for a holiday guest in the perilous, raptor-infested mountains.

Gifts: Visible & Invisible (Catholic Teen Books Visible & Invisible Anthology Series)

Huth Jones, Katy

Funny how you can live your days as a clueless little kid, believing you look just fine … until someone knocks you in the heart with it.Wendy Robichaud doesn't care one bit about being popular like good-looking classmates Tookie and the Sticks—until Brainiac bully John-Monster schemes against her, and someone leaves anonymous sticky-note messages all over school. Even her best friend, Jennifer, is hiding something and pulling away. But the spring program, abandoned puppies, and high school track team tryouts don’t leave much time to play detective. And the more Wendy discovers about the people around her, the more there is to learn. When secrets and failed dreams kick off the summer after eighth grade, who will be around to support her as high school starts in the fall?

8 Notes to a Nobody (Bird Face)

Teen & Young Adult

Write Integrity Press

"Without knowing or caring where I’d wind up, I sneaked out of the house and took off running." Wendy Robichaud is on schedule to have everything she wants in high school: two loyal best friends, a complete and happy family, and a hunky boyfriend she’s had a crush on since eighth grade—until she and Mrs. Villaturo look at old photo albums together. That’s when Mrs. V sees her dead husband and hints at a scandal down in Cajun country. Faster than you can say “crawdad,” Wendy digs into the scandal. She risks losing boyfriend David by befriending Mrs. V’s cute grandson, alienates stepsister Alice by having a boyfriend in the first place, and upsets her friend Gayle without knowing why. Will Wendy be able to prevent Mrs. V from being taken thousands of miles away from her? And will she lose all the friends she’s fought so hard to get?

10 Steps to Girlfriend Status (Bird Face)

Children's Books

When Wendy's family faces financial hardship, she must find a way to see Mrs. V and Sam again-but will she lose David forever in the process? For her mom's birthday, Wendy finds an old jewelry box at a flea market-the perfect gift for someone who loves salvaged junk. But inside the box is a cryptic note that appears to have been written recently. Wendy's curiosity leads her on a search with boyfriend David at her side, eager to help. Who wrote the note, and did the intended recipient ever see it? But when Wendy's stepfather loses his job, she needs more personal and urgent help-the financial kind. The family's plan to visit Alaska on vacation is headed down the sewer like a hard Louisiana rain. How will Wendy ever see Mrs. V or Sam again? An opportunity arrives in the form of tutoring Melissa, one of the Sticks, and Wendy's money problems appear to be solved. Until the arrangement takes a turn that gets Wendy into trouble like never before. In the final months of ninth grade, she might lose everything she counted on for the future.

6 Dates to Disaster (Bird Face)

When the reward is the most costly sacrifice of all In a southern farming community in 1925, thirteen-year-old Salvatore and his Italian immigrant father become involved against their will in a crime that results in the murder of an innocent man and family friend. Will Sal keep the secrets about that night as his father asks, or risk everything he and his family cherish in their new homeland, including their lives? Amidst bigotry, bootlegging, police corruption, and gangland threats, Sal must discover whom he can trust in order to protect himself and his family and win back his father’s freedom. Sal’s family, their African-American farmhand, and the girl who is Sal’s best friend find their lives forever changed as dreams are shattered and attitudes challenged in a small community called Freedom.

The Other Side of Freedom

Geography & Cultures

New People - New Challenges - And a whole new Altitude In Alaska, Wendy thinks she's left behind the problems resulting from her mistakes in Louisiana, at least for a while. But starting the summer at her friend Sam's house and volunteering with Alaska Wildlife Conservation bring not only strange surroundings but also strangers into her life. And those strangers have a secret involving a troubled girl who threatens Wendy's friendship with Sam. As Wendy struggles to understand the Alaskans she meets and gets to know, will she be able to forget what she hopes to, or will her new challenges teach her the importance of remembering the past?

3 Things to Forget (Bird Face)

Genre Fiction

Ashes: Visible & Invisible (Catholic Teen Books Visible & Invisible Anthology Series)

Lauer, Amanda

Kolenc, Antony B.

Gable, Ellen

Keiser, Marie C.

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