Teen years are a threshold.

As teens prepare to step beyond high school, they are also preparing to enter a larger, more complex world. The Teen Books Ecosystem at Hawkins House is designed to help teens develop the ability to recognize truth, discern meaning, and identify the gospel wherever it lives.

These books do not isolate teens from the world.
They prepare them to engage it wisely.

Stories That Prepare Teens for What Comes Next

Fiction and nonfiction in the Teen Books Ecosystem draw teens into unfamiliar worlds, perspectives, and experiences. This is intentional.

As teens encounter new ideas, cultures, and challenges through story, they learn how to:

• recognize the gospel when it is clearly stated
• discern truth when it is subtly woven into narrative
• understand how faith shows up in real, everyday life
• connect belief to action, character, and responsibility

Each book becomes a training ground for discernment.

The Gospel, Seen and Unseen

Not every story preaches.
But every story forms.

Some books in the Teen Ecosystem tell the gospel overtly, naming it clearly and directly. Others tell it quietly, embedding its themes through sacrifice, redemption, courage, and truth. Together, these stories help teens develop spiritual sight.

Teens learn not only what the gospel is, but what it looks like when lived out in practical, believable ways.