A devotional isn't competing for a spot on someone's TBR pile the way a novel is — it's asking for a year of someone's mornings. That kind of book doesn't succeed by reaching the most readers; it succeeds by reaching the right ones — teen girls, and the parents, youth leaders, and mentors buying for them, who are genuinely wrestling with identity, insecurity, and faith.

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