Awkward and sarcastic teenager Lily Carter faces her biggest challenge when the war led by three Russian leaders enters America, and her home town. Everything is destroyed, her school, her home, and her family. Now, her and her three sisters must find a way to get to where everyone knows is a country of safety; Canada. If there is one thing that Lily learned from her father, it's that you look for the light in the window, and it will surely guide you home.

A collection of letters. ~ In which Louise White, a girl going through the stages of grief, writes to her dead loved one everyday, and one day he writes back. ~ ~In which a mother tells her story of falling in an abyss of darkness to her son, who has long forgotten her already. ~

Five different missionaries from five different backgrounds find themselves on an adventure that will leave them drenched in courage, faith, and strength. Working with the poor in Pangea,Thailand; Ellie, Paige, Emma, Laura, and Victoria decide to work on site together in a different location than everyone else. The five church go-ers get separated in the midst of the waters of a destructive tsunami. They will have to have faith in God, and themselves in order to survive and find their way back to each other.

Jas gives me a sympathetic look. She sighs heavily, long nails tapping against the wooden table, dodging the 'Missing' posters scattered all over the surface. "Maybe," she finally says, "Just maybe, he doesn't want to be found, Ava." I clench my jaw. "No. I refuse to believe that. He's not like that." "What do you know?" Jas snorts, finally withdrawing her hand from the table and turning back to look at me. "You don't even know him." xx Ford Wilson was in three out of four of Ava Jackson's classes. They had one mutual friend, did a project together once in sophomore year, and had the same lunch. When Ava's car had broke down, she had even ended up parked outside of Ford's house, asking for gas. In Ava's life, he was everywhere. And yet, she didn't notice him until he was nowhere to be found.