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Priya Nathaniel has a perfect system for avoiding her former best friend.
What she doesn't have is a way to stop being hurt.
Then a hand-drawn map appears on her nightstand — a map of her own heart,
with blocked roads, dark rivers, and a valley she can't seem to reach. And
perched on her windowsill, eating a cracker and consulting a very small scroll,
is Pip: an angel-in-training on his first solo assignment.
Together they walk the landscape of everything Priya has been carrying —
the grudges she's been tending, the bitterness she accidentally drank, the
museum she built without realizing it, and the wall she hid behind because
being right felt safer than being free.
Slowly, Priya begins to understand that forgiveness isn't pretending it
didn't happen. It isn't saying it was okay. It's trusting that justice belongs
to Someone wiser than her own two hands — and that she is worth the choosing.
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as
in Christ God forgave you." — Ephesians 4:32
Perfect for: Independent readers ages 8–12 · Family read-alouds ·
Sunday school and church small groups · Homeschool co-ops · Anyone walking
through a hard season with someone they love
Includes: Full-color interior illustrations · Scripture verses ·
"Pip's Corner" discussion questions after every chapter · A Note to Grown-Ups ·
A reader activity page.
Priya Nathaniel has a perfect system for avoiding her former best friend.
What she doesn't have is a way to stop being hurt.
Then a hand-drawn map appears on her nightstand — a map of her own heart,
with blocked roads, dark rivers, and a valley she can't seem to reach. And
perched on her windowsill, eating a cracker and consulting a very small scroll,
is Pip: an angel-in-training on his first solo assignment.
Together they walk the landscape of everything Priya has been carrying —
the grudges she's been tending, the bitterness she accidentally drank, the
museum she built without realizing it, and the wall she hid behind because
being right felt safer than being free.
Slowly, Priya begins to understand that forgiveness isn't pretending it
didn't happen. It isn't saying it was okay. It's trusting that justice belongs
to Someone wiser than her own two hands — and that she is worth the choosing.
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as
in Christ God forgave you." — Ephesians 4:32
Perfect for: Independent readers ages 8–12 · Family read-alouds ·
Sunday school and church small groups · Homeschool co-ops · Anyone walking
through a hard season with someone they love
Includes: Full-color interior illustrations · Scripture verses ·
"Pip's Corner" discussion questions after every chapter · A Note to Grown-Ups ·
A reader activity page.