Fourteen-year-old Ann Cassidy is struggling with her past. She has a secret that she has kept for a long time -a secret not even her parents are aware of. Ann’s friend Heather has a hunch that something isn’t right – Ann’s nightmares are evidence of that. Heather doesn’t know what to do when Ann tells her friend about the years of sexual abuse she has suffered.

Do you know any students like Ann who have been abused by people they should have been able to trust? What can you say or do to help? What do they need most right now?

Perhaps more than any time in their lives they need a17:17 friend–“A friend is always a friend, and relatives are born to share our troubles”(Proverbs. 17:17 CEV).

64 pages

9781845504434

Christian Focus