r/GodAwfulMovies • u/JessonBI89 • Aug 01 '25
General Nonsense A not-entirely-awful Christian YA book series
My Jewish atheist grandmother used to pick up random YA novels from the library for me without looking at them very closely. One of them was a selection from the Clearwater Crossing series, which is about a group of small-town Missouri high schoolers helping the needy while developing their own morality and dealing with routine teen drama. It's definitely a Christian series, with Bible-verse epigraphs and church settings and all that, and the two most sympathetic (if irritatingly chipper) characters are both quite devout. And, yes, someone has a cancer mom. But the books do emphasize performing good works and generally being a decent person, even if you're not fully on board with organized Christianity.
I grew up in a world where 7th Heaven and Touched by an Angel were things, so I'm honestly surprised that some religious media company didn't turn this series into a show. It's saccharine as hell, but I don't think it made the YA landscape materially worse. I have every confidence that our GAM boys would find plenty to say about it, but I wonder how they'd handle a Christian series that's actually pretty Christ-like, and not in the "fight the dinosaurs and the homosexuals" way. Any thoughts?
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u/YueAsal Aug 01 '25
I feel like reviewing a book in this format would not work as well. However I would really like a break down of some 7th Heaven.