Student Reading Recommendations

Grace Baptist Academy does not necessarily endorse all the contents of these items. It is understood that to meet certain academic standards and to provide items of various fields of research and contents, Grace Baptist Academy must, of necessity, have many items of different types. The position of Grace Baptist Academy is well understood to be in strict adherence to the doctrines and principles taught in the Holy Scriptures; furthermore, the school strongly recommends parental oversight of each resource.

Ages 6-12

A Family Apart Orphan Train Adventure Series by Joan Lowry Nixon
A to Z Mysteries Series by Ron Roy
Baker Street Sports Club Series by Jerry Jenkins
Bobbsey Twins Series by Laura Lee Hope
Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Cam Jansen Series by David A Adler
Capital Mysteries Series by Ron Roy
Childhood of Famous Americans Series by Assorted Authors
Cryptid Hunters Quartet by Roland Smith
Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J Sobol
Great Illustrated Classics Series by Assorted Authors
Hardy Boys Series by Franklin W Dixon
Jigsaw Jones Series by James Preller
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Matt Christopher Sports Series by Matt Christopher
Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene
Ranger's Apprentice Series & Brotherband Chronicles by John Flannagan
Red Rock Mysteries Series by Jerry Jenkins
Resistance & A Night Divided by Jennifer A Nielsen
Tuttle Twins Series by Connor Boyack
Usborne True Stories Series by Assorted Authors
Valuetales Series
Way of the Warrior Kid Series by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Who Is… Series
I Survived… Series
Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Book of Virtues by William J Bennett
The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
The Kingdom Series by Chuck Black
The Moral Compass by William J Bennett
Author Beverly Cleary
Author Dan Gutman

Ages 12-16

American Sniper by Chris Kyle
America The Last Best Hope by William J Bennett
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Billion Dollar Spy by David E Hoffman
Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Coming Back Stronger by Drew Brees
Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Every Town Is A Sports Town by George Bodenheimer
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
I Beat The Odds by Michael Oher
In Harm’s Way by Doug Stanton
Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Me and My Dad by Paul O’Neill
Miracles and Massacres by Glenn Beck
Mover of Men and Mountains by R G LeTourneau
Night by Elie Wiesel
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
Playing For Knight by Steve Alford
Playing With The Enemy by Gary Moore
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin
Return With Honor by Scott O’Grady
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyasoki
The Richest Man In Babylon by George Clason
The Redwall Series by Brian Jaques
The Case Against Socialism by Rand Paul
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
The Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
The Vesper Holly Series by Loyd Alexander
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
True Stories of Great Escapes by The Reader’s Digest Association
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand
War’s End by Charles Sweeney
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Author Brian Kilmeade
Author David McCullough
Author Glenn Beck
Author Joel C Rosenberg
Author John Lewis Gaddis
Author John Maxwell
Author Walter Isaacson

Ages 16+

Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Series
12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson
1984 by George Orwell
A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Mataxas
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Emperors of Chocolate by Joel Brenner
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Go Giver by John David Mann
Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
The Long War Against God by Henry Morris
My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas
Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich by William Shirer
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
Tortured For Christ by Richard Wurmbrand
Tortured For His Faith by Haralan Popov
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author Malcolm Gladwell

Pastor's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Psalms, Proverbs, & Nehemiah
A Living Sacrifice by Watchman Nee
Calvary Road by Roy Hession
Crowded to Christ by L.E. Maxwell
Kneeling Christian by an Unknown Christian.
Normal Christian by Watchman Nee

Mr. Carpenter's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Joshua and Acts
1984 by George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Something for Joey by Richard Peck
The Challenge Culture by Nigel Travis
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand

Ms. A. Jones' Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Revelation
Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finely
Leigh Ann's Civil War by Ann Rinaldi
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Seeds of America Series by Laurie Halse Anderson
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

Mrs. Marsh's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Proverbs
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Mrs. Webb's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Ruth, Esther, & Proverbs
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Billy Sunday:The Man and His Message by William T. Ellis
D. L. Moody by Faith Coxe Bailey
George Mueller by Faith Coxe Baily
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

Mrs. Peck's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Proverbs and James
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Some Things I've Learned by Curtis Hudson
The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour

Mrs. Collin's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Proverbs
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Mr. Kanzler's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Ephesians
From Football to Faith by Spencer Smith
Last Words of Saints and Sinners by Herbert Lockyear
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Things That Are Different Are Not the Same by Curtis Hudson
The Tragedy of Compromise by Earnest Pickering

Mrs. Clark's Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Titus
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Beautiful Girlhood by Karen Andreola
The Birkenhead Drill by Doug Phillips
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex Harris.
God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
In His Steps by Charles Sheldon

Ms. J. Jones' Impactful Reads

Favorite Book(s) of the Bible: Proverbs and Revelation
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John C. Maxwell
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Speeches & Sermons To Read

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
The Man In The Arena by Teddy Roosevelt
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Johnathan Edwards
Washington’s Farewell Address by George Washington