Theme:

Faith in the face of adversity, forgiveness, and finding identity in Christ.

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Main Plot:

A troubled seventeen-year-old girl struggles with the guilt of her brother’s accidental death, pulling away from her faith and family. Sent to live with her grandmother in a quiet mountain town for the summer, she unexpectedly forms bonds with a local youth group, where she confronts her grief, wrestles with questions about God, and finds hope and healing.

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Setting:

Present-day, small mountain town in North Carolina called Silver Ridge, known for its misty mornings, towering forests, and close-knit community.

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Tone:

Emotional, heartfelt, deeply spiritual, with moments of humor and warmth.

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Chapter Count:

25 chapters

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Page Count:

172 Pages

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Book Blurb:

Sometimes the darkness feels endless. Sometimes the pain feels louder than hope. But what if the light has been chasing you all along?

Seventeen-year-old Elena Monroe carries scars no one sees. Haunted by fear, weighed down by broken trust, she runs from the shadows of her past until she finds herself in the quiet farmhouse of her grandmother, Maggie.

Here, in the arms of unexpected kindness, Elena begins to glimpse what she never thought possible: belonging, hope, and love. But when the storms of memory rise again, she must decide: will she run back into the darkness, or open her heart to the light that refuses to let her go?

Where the Light Breaks Through is a tender, heart-gripping story of faith, healing, and the God who pursues us even in our deepest night.

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Epilogue:

The summer stretched on, each day a little brighter than the last. Elena still had hard moments, nights when memories pressed in, days when doubt whispered sharp, but she wasn’t facing them alone anymore.

She began keeping the notebook Maggie had given her close, filling its pages not with fears, but with prayers, questions, and hopes. The word Tomorrow at the top of the first page was no longer a question; it had become a promise.

On Sundays, she sat between Maggie and Micah at the little white church. She still stumbled over the hymns, still felt self-conscious, but now her voice joined the others. Not perfect, but real.

One evening, under the oak tree, Micah asked her, “Do you ever regret coming here?”

Elena smiled softly, looking at the roots stretching deep into the soil. “Not once. This is where I found life.”

The horizon glowed with the colors of another setting sun, and Elena felt it again, the warmth of a presence that would never leave her.

The darkness had not disappeared, but it no longer defined her.

Because she had found the place where the light breaks through.