Kicking

Esther is her granddaughter’s last chance.

Zoe Prescott is out of options. After one reckless night too many—running from police, bleeding, and terrified—she’s about to be sent to a facility for at-risk youth. But her grandmother offers a different path: Come live with me. Start over. 

Small-town Maine is the last place Zoe wants to go—cold, boring, and full of weirdos. Worst of all is Rachel the church lady with the crazy hats who somehow gets appointed as Zoe’s mentor. Rachel is cheerful, persistent, and uncomfortably perceptive. Zoe hates it.

She also hates her community service assignment, but she’s not in it alone, and suddenly she finds herself with friends. Together, they stumble into a mission that’s almost fun: catching the church vandal.

As Zoe’s walls start to crack, and a little light seeps in, she must decide who she wants to be: the angry lost girl, or the girl who admits God’s had her back all along.

Gritty, honest, and deeply compassionate, Kicking is a powerful Christian novel about a lost girl, the grandmother who refuses to give up on her, and the community who loves her unconditionally.

This is Book 2 of the New Beginnings Christian Fiction Series. Readers say this series is best read in order: 

Book 1: Knocking

Book 2: Kicking

Book 3: Searching

Book 4: Knitting

Book 5: Working

Book 6: Splitting

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