Wake-Up Lazarus

Since the accident that stole his older brother, 13-year-old Lazarus Gray has been sleepwalking through life—hiding behind video games, guilt, and silence. He feels invisible. Untouchable. Like a living ghost.

But when a stubborn youth pastor shows up, a stray dog won’t leave his side, and a mysterious note in his brother’s old journal sparks a scavenger-hunt-like journey, Lazarus is pulled into something unexpected: life. Real, raw, resurrected life.

Inspired by Jesus’s call in John 11—“Lazarus, come out!”—this is a tender, gritty story about grief, guilt, and the God who calls us out of the darkness.

Lazarus Gray is a moving middle grade novel for readers navigating loss, silence, or shame—and longing for the hope of healing.