Zuri and the Lighthouse Falls | Hardcover (Preorder)

Preorder edition. Ships early October 2026

Zuri Joseph has always known the answer. She just can’t always say it out loud.

Nine-year-old Zuri is bright, observant, deeply feeling, and often misunderstood by a world that expects her words to come faster than they do. But everything begins to change when she crosses a bridge of glowing river stones into a hidden place called the Lighthouse Falls.

There, her grandfather keeps the gate for children whose minds, voices, feelings, and ways of experiencing the world have not always been understood. At the Falls, Zuri discovers that the very things others have treated like problems may be part of how God made her on purpose.

But the Falls are not without danger.

A man named Korah is searching for children who have begun to believe they would be easier to love if they were different. He offers to carry their gifts for them, and Zuri will have to decide whether the voices that have made her question herself are louder than the truth God has been speaking all along.

Zuri and the Lighthouse Falls is a faith-filled middle-grade fantasy about family, belonging, courage, identity, and learning that different does not mean broken.

Written for children ages 8–12, this story is especially meaningful for children who have ever felt misunderstood, overlooked, too much, not enough, or pressured to become easier for the world around them.

At its heart is one message:

You were made on purpose. Every part of you.

Hardcover Preorder Details

• Hardcover edition
• Approximately 5.4" × 8.5"
• Middle-grade Christian fantasy
• Recommended for ages 8–12
• Book One of the Lighthouse Falls series
• Published by On the Healing Journey
• Written by Autumn V. Dillon

Please note: This is a preorder item. Orders containing this book will ship once the hardcover edition is available.