The Truth I Couldn't Outrun

She built walls no one could climb. God sent love that wouldn't quit.

Priscilla Ayala has survived seventeen years in foster care by three rules: Trust no one. Hope for nothing. Never pray again. With her sharp tongue, cerebral palsy, and a heart barricaded behind anger, she's convinced love—especially God's—is a lie.

Then comes her final placement: the Baskins, a family as stubborn in their faith as she is in her unbelief. And Austyn McWhorter—a witty, wheelchair-bound boy whose joy defies h...