Description:
Building Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey of Love and Unity is a powerful YA Christian novel about courage, empathy, and reconciliation. When tensions erupt in a small town over a new bridge project, Jess, Amir, and Grace lead their classmates to choose dialogue over division. Through forgiveness, community action, and faith, they learn that Christ's love breaks every wall. Inspired by Ephesians 2:14, this story celebrates peacemaking, diversity, and the unshakable hope that unity-built on grace-can transform hearts and hometowns alike.
Brief description:
Elena Matthews is a former youth pastor and community journalist who blends faith and realism in her YA Christian novels. Her stories explore how teenagers confront social injustice, prejudice, and identity while holding on to their faith in Jesus. A graduate of Wheaton College with a degree in Communication and Theology, Elena writes to help young readers see that faith isn't an escape from hard questions-it's the courage to face them with grace. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two rescue dogs.