To escape their abusive father, five brothers take to the roadShawn and his brothers sit around the kitchen table, eating dinner and kidding around. They're just like any other teenagers having a good time—until a groan comes from the living room, and the boys go dead silent. Their father is waking up, and he is angry. When Dad finds out that one of Shawn's brothers scratched the car, he flies into a rage, slapping his son around until the boy has no tears left. It'...

When four boys decide to spend the day exploring a cave, they have no idea that their fun afternoon is about to become a fight for survivalNeil and his best friend, Randy, can't wait to explore a nearby cave for the afternoon. But when Neil's little brother, David, finds out, Neil is forced to bring David and his timid friend Terry along for the ride. What starts out as an exciting expedition soon turns dangerous when the four boys get lost in the cave's labyrinth o...

After Hunter prays to the angel Gabriel to protect him, he is shocked when a motorcycle rider appears to answer his prayersHunter has spent his life going from foster home to foster home—he's never had a real family looking after him. When his foster father dies, he is left at the mercy of his abusive foster mother, Stephanie, who resents Hunter for coming into their home and ruining her perfect life. Between living with Stephanie's cruelty and dealing with the scho...

Entranced by a neighbor's music, a teenage girl learns what it means to loveAt fourteen years old, Deidre is just beginning to notice boys. Her cousin Susan is about to go on her first date, with a drop-dead gorgeous sixteen-year-old, but Deidre doesn't feel ready—that is, until she hears Jeff Elliot play. She's making dinner for her mother when the sound of the piano comes down through the ceiling—a haunting melody of heartbreak and loss that fills her with a joy s...

Haunted by visions, a teenage girl sees a window into what's to comeWhen Sarah's cat, Shadow, is put to sleep, she feels the world crumbling around her. Shadow was her closest companion, and now, just like that, she's gone. Sarah's brother Patrick, in an effort to console her, digs a grave behind the house and holds a funeral. Every afternoon, Sarah sits beside the mound of earth, missing her cat so much that sometimes she feels like Shadow is curled up next to her....

A teenage girl fights to save her older brother from depressionAll her life, Carla has been happy to live in Kevin's shadow. A born performer, he has a dancer's grace and an actor's charm, and he has always been happiest in the spotlight. But when he comes home after his college graduation, his light has gone out. He's just been offered a part in a movie, but rather than being overjoyed, Kevin is quiet and withdrawn. Hoping to find out what's bothering him, Carla fo...

Being a pro wrestler takes talent, guts, and hard work—can Kyle make it to the pros and live the life he wants?Kyle Bailey is a normal high school senior with a secret ambition: to be a wrestling superstar with the WWE. When he hears about a wrestling class at the local gym, he knows this may be his one shot at making his dream come true. The only problem is that no one in his life understands his love of wrestling, so he can't tell anyone what he's doing—e...

Be careful what you wish for . . .Becky Seville is excited when she finds her hard-to-buy-for family the perfect Christmas gift: a self-help book about using positive thinking to make dreams come true. All they have to do is write their greatest wishes at the front of the book and then follow the instructions. She even buys a copy for herself to get a date with her gorgeous new neighbor. Her family agrees that this year is going to be different; they are no longer g...

On his first day of high school, a boy must confront his fearsAs soon as he wakes up, Eric senses doom on the horizon. A bright fourteen-year-old, he has been fast-tracked from junior high to the tenth grade, and he is terrified. The only thing saving him from panic is the knowledge that Paul, his best friend since childhood, will be by his side. Where Eric is scared of the unknown, Paul is fearless and seems capable of anything. But neither of them is ready for wha...

On the edge of a Florida marsh, a young girl discovers the power of natureAfter hours on the highway, Miranda is beginning to doubt that there is anything beautiful in Florida. But when her dad turns onto the bridge to Turtle Island and she sees the ocean for the very first time, she realizes she couldn't have been more wrong.Miranda has come here with her dad to meet her grandmother, whose cheerful energy conceals failing health. Miranda has been dreading t...

Every night, Zack is plagued by bizarre recurring nightmares—what if his dream world is trying to tell him something?Zack has never fit in with the rest of his family, and for as long as he can remember, he has experienced strange nightmares of a shadowy man. His therapist, Nancy, says these dreams are his subconscious mind's way of trying to reveal something, but Zack isn't so sure. After all, what could nightmares filled with tigers and apple orchards possibly mea...

What can God do with one believer who is willing to follow His call? When June Hall McNeely says an unqualified Yes to that call, she cannot imagine what God has in store for her: She and her pastor-husband, Gerald, will serve three Kentucky churches and then spend thirty-three years as Southern Baptist missionaries in Spain. In CALLED! Step by Step, June traces how God leads through her growing-up years in rural Kentucky, her college years, the Kentucky pastorates, and the years in Spain....