Follow the Firefly

Terry's Garden Book Two

Man in a baseball uniform, the cover of Follow the Firefly

Finn isn’t broken…

Feeling guilty for surviving a dad who almost killed his brother, Finn slides down a path of self-hatred, hiding behind popularity and baseball so nobody will know he’s a monster inside, one with no ability to love. Only Piper, the nerdy smart girl in class and his best friend’s sister, sees the truth, and that scares him to death. Even worse, she’s kind to him, like she refuses to understand what he is inside.

If she lets the world know about Finn’s darkness—if she lets his brother know how he longs to get away from himself and his family—his world will come apart. He needs to stay away from her. But time and again God sends her his way, a tiny mote of light in a frightening world of dark. If only he could feel something, be what she needed, and save the day instead of ruining it…

Follow the Firefly is book two of Terry’s Garden, stories about a huge family, an enchanting garden, and the healing power of faith and friendship. Christian coming-of-age/romance novels for teens and anyone who remembers what it’s like to take those first wobbling steps into adulthood.

Jill's Notes

  • Finn is one of the more complicated characters I’ve ever written.
  • This story includes a lot of the events of the last book, only this time it’s Finn’s story and not his brother’s.
  • Piper, the too-smart girl who struggles with relationships, might be something like the author who created her…
  • This book and the one before it are also sold as a single volume called Cub and Flipper, the nicknames Terry Kenton gives the brothers.
  • Quen Kenton, a main character in this book, has a daughter, and her story is one of the free books from this site, Holding True.
  • This book is in Kindle Unlimited.
Painting of Finn and Piper in the garden
Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story... Ps. 107:2a NIV