Follow in the Dark

A Christian novel for teen girls learning to follow Jesus in a broken world. Four faces gaze out of four windows. Although they stare out at vastly different countries and from within radically different cultures, each girl gradually reaches the same heart-sinking realization:I'm trapped.From the suburbs of Toronto to a sprawling refugee camp in Jordan, from a bomb shelter basement in Ukraine to an ICU in Texas, the girls of the Follow in the Dark series will pull you into the intricacies of their stories, and of their hearts. As their circumstances spiral out of control, one of them will struggle with growing anger, and another with crippling anxiety. One will drift toward despair. Another will battle surprising temptation. They wouldn't have chosen these circumstances in a million years. Is there really no way out? What refuge can they seek? What hope can they cling to?Not always at their best but also never abandoned, read along as Eden, Zahra, Mei and Katya discover that they are pursued and deeply loved by God. Their raw and relatable journeys might point your heart to fresh hope, too.Content Warning: This book contains descriptions of panic attacks, war (although not of interpersonal violence), and peer pressure in an online setting. I have done my best to handle these topics sensitively, and in a way that is appropriate for a young adolescent audience.

For four modern girls in vastly different settings, the Sermon on the Mount is about to get uncomfortably relevant.The sequel to "My Refuge" is the second in the Follow in the Dark series, a set of YA Christian contemporary novels that trace the stories of four 15 year old girls navigating circumstances they wish they could change in Houston, Ukraine, Toronto and the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.As their stories continue, the lives of Eden, Katya, Mei and Zahra will shift. Circumstances will change. New challenges will arise. One of them will find herself betrayed by someone she thought she could trust. Another will begin to question what she thought she knew. One of them will come face to face with her greatest fear, and one will discover that starting over is harder than she would have imagined.Their journeys prompt the question: How do we know what we really believe – by the truths we assent to, or by the choices we make?