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Beyond the Break

by Heather Buchta

Faith, first love, and a return to the waves

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Faith, first love, and a return to the waves

Set in Manhattan Beach, the novel brings together two boundaries in Lovette’s life: she has given up surfing after her brother’s accident and decided not to date. Jake, a childhood acquaintance, unsettles both rules as their relationship develops and rekindles her interest in the ocean. Lovette’s choices connect first love with questions of faithfulness—to family, God, and herself—within a Christian high-school context. Surfing and romance are not separate strands here; both become part of her effort to understand what her beliefs mean as she grows up.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in Christian themes and relationships.
  • Readers who enjoy young adult stories about first love and questions of faith.
  • Readers interested in surfing as part of a coming-of-age story.

Themes

First loveChristian faithFamily tiesSurfing and riskGrowing up

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Book overview

A high school junior is experiencing her first love. Well, second, if you count her faith . . . and that's where things may get complicated.

Following God's plan used to be easy. Then came Jake Evans.

Manhattan Beach native Lovette has two rules in life. One: no surfing. Not after her brother's accident. Two: absolutely no dating. And going into her junior year of high school, she's pretty happy with that arrangement. She has friends, her church youth group, and God to fall back on when things get dicey. But after Jake Evans walks into her life, following these two simple rules gets a lot more complicated.

Jake is the boy from Lovette's childhood who grew up. Handsome and sweet, he unlocks the part of Lovette that wants nothing more than to surf the waves again. And as their relationship grows, she begins to question what it means to be faithful: to her family, to God, but mostly, to herself.

Beyond the Break asks the question: Can you fall in love, be a teenager, and also be a good Christian?
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