Finding Her Strength

Kylia Echeverría doesn’t need your pity—just your respect."When 14-year-old Kylia is uprooted from her comfortable life and thrust into the prestigious Trinity Christian Academy, she arrives with a chip on her shoulder, a service dog at her side, and zero patience for inspirational disability clichés. Between chapel services that feel like time travel and classmates who treat her wheelchair like a tragedy, Kylia’s ready to burn the whole place down—until an unlikely friendship with Alijah, a witty boy who shares her cerebral palsy and stubborn streak, makes her question everything.As Kylia navigates academic rivalries, a jealous best friend, and her growing feelings for Alijah, she’ll have to decide: Is faith just a crutch for the weak, or could it be the very thing that sets her free? Read more