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!