OLDER FICTION
Perry, Jolene

Stronger than You Know

(3) YA After unimaginable lifelong abuse, fifteen-year-old Joy suffers debilitating panic attacks and fears even her couldn't-be-kinder uncle, whose family she's now living with. Friends and family slowly penetrate her shell, and Joy gradually finds new passions--and remembers old ones. Joy's harrowing journey unfolds through flashbacks of her past abuse, which are as painful and believable as the scenes of her emotional progress.

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