Pleading With The Sky
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Xylia Tanner is your average teenage girl. She struggles with a variety of things including her faith in God. Sometimes, this struggle is too great and causes her to fall flat on her face. All the while, she's struggling to adapt at a new church that is much different from the one she was used to.
Then Xylia meets Ian Harris, a boy with a lot worse problems than she has. He's quiet, withdrawn, and a huge troublemaker. But one night changed her entire opinion of him. Now, she's trying to connect with him. But in order to connect with him, she must also connect with some of the others that lie outside your usual christian group.
All the while, Xylia must be careful to not step over the line and allow herself to be tempted by her actions. Only with the help of God can she save these lives. Will she be able to do it? Or will everything come crashing down.
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