Who knew a pesky little next-door neighbor with a dimpled smile and a bag of homemade granola in his shorts pocket could change a girl’s whole world?

On a quiet summer morning in a tiny rural town, eight-year-old Riven Smith disappeared from his yard. Nobody heard a thing. Lily, his ten-year-old next-door neighbor, had always considered Riven a pest when he followed her around asking questions and telling stories about fairies and gnomes. However, once he was gone, his absence burrowed a hole into her heart that didn’t heal.

Five years later he comes back: darker, broken, mysterious. He brings with him pain, secrets, and challenges, and Lily vows she will be the friend to older Riven that she hadn’t been to the younger one, no matter the cost.

That’s when she meets Fairyland, the world in Riven’s head that kept him company for his long absence. Little does she know the danger, heartache, and wisdom it will require to merge Riven’s worlds and bring him safely home in every way. Nor does she know how much God will teach her while she does it.

The Snack Cake Chronicles, Christian young adult novels. Read them in any order, tales about growing up, growing in faith, and learning to love.