This is a book that addresses real life experiences for young adults while pointing to Jesus as the Source of hope in difficult times. See some of the following excerpts:
? Don't you ever talk to me that way again! Tina's mother scolded her angrily. You just don't understand, retaliated Tina...
? Bret faced the crowd with sweat breaking out on his temple... We need to stop this! Two rival gang members were fighting each other...
? Sometimes being fifteen seemed to be the hardest thing a person could live through... He said he loved me! Jeannie mumbled to herself. Yeah, right!
? Bruce walked away from the grave site. The family was still gathered sorrowfully around the casket... How could Johnny have done this to the family?
? Thomas felt so lonely sitting at the back of the room by himself. Being the new kid all the time made adjusting and finding new friends so difficult...
? Serena looked down at her stretching belly, feeling the little growth inside her. She was too young for this... just barely a junior in high school.
? Candace walked to the window and watched the kids down below playing together. She had come upstairs for a moment of peace... the bruises on her upper arms no one could see...
? Jennifer coasted her wheelchair over to the lunch line. She hated this time of day!