This holiday season I recommend a few books that might help. But story can sometimes do the job we are unable to do. Even to help in a way I’d never helped before.Īdults often find it difficult to encourage-let alone convince-teenagers to trust, to reach out, branch out, think courageously or outside the box.

Whether to say hello to a newcomer or try a new craft or sport. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.As I suspect is probably the same for teens today, my teen years were the period when I was most reluctant to venture outside my comfort zone. Highly recommended! - ~Susan Peek, author of Saint Magnus: The Last Viking and other fast-paced saint stories After reading STANDING STRONG your own spiritual life cannot but be strengthened, making you also want to stand strong for God. Linden is a master at getting inside the heads of today's teenagers, and her own deep faith and love of God shine through and inspire on every page. The chapters alternate between the two brothers and their soul-wrenching interior battles. Her new story, STANDING STRONG does not disappoint! Ever since the release a couple years ago of ROLAND WEST, LONER, the first book in the set, I've been totally in love with her characters and dying to read their further adventures. I was so excited when I found out that Theresa Linden, one of my absolute favorite authors for teens, had written a new novel in her West Brothers series. ~Carolyn Astfalk, author of coming-of-age romance Rightfully Ours A realistic portrait of the slow and subtle work of grace in our lives. Both will doubt and struggle to do the right thing.Īnother chapter in Theresa Linden s masterfully-developed series for teens that will resonate with everyone who has struggled to find his place in the world, been tempted to take the easy way out, or doubted the work of God s hand in his life. For Keefe, uncertainty, insecurity, and fear could keep him from hearing God s call. For Jarret, his past sins, anger and flirtatious ways with girls, cultivated over the years, will be his biggest temptations.

Though their once intertwined lives diverge, each will have to show fortitude and perseverance in following the paths laid out before them.

Readers will enjoy following the West brother twins, Jarret and Keefe, as they try to discern God s will for their lives. Theresa Linden recounts twin spiritual quests in her newest novel, STANDING STRONG. His twin brother couldn't be more different: Keefe contemplates joining the Franciscan friars. It's not easy to reinvent yourself while you're still in high school, as Jarret West discovers as he seeks a way to turn his life around after an intense spiritual experience.

Standing Strong by Theresa Linden