title: Struggling With the Death of a Loved One (Project 17:17)
author: Josh McDowell
description: "These little books from Christian Focus Publications caught my eye. There are four in the series titled My friend is struggling with..., all by Josh McDowell all written by Josh McDowell &amp; Ed Stewart, all short paperbacks priced at 2.99...you could have them available at the back of your youth club to either give away of lend through a sort of library. I know there are young people who have friends facing these issues and these books issues might just be what they need to help them. It's almost a sort of peer mentoring' type of tool and that's really clever. Equally it's a non-threatening way of helping an individual to deal with an issue which they are facing." (Christian Marketplace)
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  **CONTENTS**
  
    1. Part I
    2. Part II
    3. Excerpt from _The Siren_
    4. One
    5. Two
    6. Back Ads
    7. About the Author
    8. Books by Kiera Cass
    9. Copyright
    10. About the Publisher
  
   **PART I**
  
  I PULLED THE TOP LAYERS of my dress a little tighter over my shoulders. Carter
  was quiet now, and his silence sent deeper chills through my body than the
  lack of heat in the palace cells did. It had been horrific to hear his grunts
  of pain as the guards beat the hope out of him, but at least then I knew he
  was breathing.
  
  I shivered as I drew my knees closer to my chest. Another tear slid down my
  cheek, and I was grateful for it if only because it was warm on my skin. We
  knew. We knew it could end this way. And still we met. How could we have
  stopped?
  
  I wondered how we would die. A noose? A bullet? Something much more elaborate
  and painful?
  
  I couldn’t help wishing that Carter’s silence meant he was already gone. Or if
  not, that he would go first. I’d rathe