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Couched in ordinary circumstances and ordinary characters (except that, well, they live in sort of a castle), Standing Strong deals with the most important things. We start asking ourselves the relevant questions sometime in the elementary school years: What do I want to do? What kind of person do I want to be?

And we answer them every day with our actions or inaction, our habits, our determination, and our willingness to accept who, ultimately, will rule our lives.  To whose will do we bend? Our own? Or God’s will?

Because teens are at a pivotal stage in setting the course for their lives, Standing Strong will resonate with them. Of course, we can always change direction, break sinful habits, and become who we are meant to be, but rarely is the choice front and center the way it is as we cross the bridge from childhood to adulthood.

In the case of the older West brothers, twins Jarret and Keefe, they’ve simultaneously reached the point where the rubber meets the road, as they say. While their personal and moral struggles are vastly different, both must discern what God has called them to.  And then muster the courage to do it.

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About the Book:

Next in the West Brothers Contemporary Christian teen fiction series by award-winning author Theresa Linden.

Having just confessed his sins to his priest–more sins than a kid his age should have–Jarret jumps in his Chrysler 300 and races to the outskirts of town. Emotion overwhelming him, he pulls off the road and flings himself face down behind an outcropping of rocks. Ever since that life-changing night in the canyon, Jarret has felt the presence of the Lord in his soul. Now that presence is fading. Is it his fault? How will he remain faithful without it when he still struggles against the same temptations?

​​Meanwhile his twin brother, Keefe, questions whether he has a calling to religious life. He’s gone along with Jarret’s bad schemes for years. Is he worthy of such a calling? What would he have to give up to pursue a vocation? Keefe reads everything he can about St. Francis and the Franciscans, but he’s afraid to talk to his father about the Franciscans’ upcoming discernment retreat because his father seems closed to faith. Is he ready to go all in?

​Follow the West brothers in this contemporary teen fiction as they struggle through temptations and trials down paths they can barely see, toward goals they desire in the depths of their hearts.

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My Review:

Readers will enjoy following the West brother twins, Jarret and Keefe, as they try to discern God’s will for their lives.

Though their once intertwined lives diverge, each will have to show fortitude and perseverance in following the paths laid out before them. For Jarret, his past sins, anger and flirtatious ways with girls, cultivated over the years, will be his biggest temptations. For Keefe, uncertainty, insecurity, and fear could keep him from hearing God’s call. Both will doubt and struggle to do the right thing.

Another 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. A realistic portrait of the slow and subtle work of grace in our lives.

About the  Author, Theresa Linden:

Theresa Linden is the author of award-winning Catholic teen fiction. Raised in a military family, she developed a strong patriotism and a sense of adventure. Her Catholic faith inspires the belief that there is no greater adventure than the reality we can’t see, the spiritual side of life. She has six published novels, and two short stories in Image and Likeness: Literary Reflections on the Theology of the Body (Full Quiver Publishing). She holds a Catechetical Diploma from Catholic Distance University and is a member of the Catholic Writers Guild and the International Writers Society. A wife, homeschooling mom, and Secular Franciscan, she resides in northeast Ohio with her husband and three teenage boys.

Links:

Website: https://theresalinden.com
Blog: https://catholicbooksblog.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theresalindenauthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindenTheresa
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Theresa-Linden/e/B00QKS7LW6/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7537721.Theresa_Linden

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