Falling Off Cloud Nine and Other High Places

Lorraine Peterson wrote these devotionals while teaching junior high, and that classroom experience gives the entries a conversational, relatable quality that connects faith to real teenage situations without talking down. The thirteen-week structure supports disciplined daily use, whether individually or with a youth group. For Christian families looking for substantive, explicitly evangelical devotional material for teens, this hits its target. Two honest caveats worth naming: the cultural references are firmly dated to the early 1980s, which may make some entries feel distant to contemporary teens, and the content is specifically faith-based — families outside an evangelical Christian framework will find little here for them. Within its intended audience, it delivered well enough to generate multiple follow-up volumes.