She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom Of Cassie Bernall: the unlikely martyrdom of Cassie Bernall

The Story

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Bernall of Littleton, Colorado was a typical teen having a typical day when two rampaging classmates put a gun to her head and asked her if she believed in God. She said yes. With that simple word, the young woman's courage in the face of death was catapulted into the consciousness of an entire nation. But with all the talk about her final moments, a far more remarkable story has been left untold. Until now.In She Said Yes, Cassie's mother breaks her silence to tell the story of a daughter who had, at one point, started down a troubled path similar to that of her killers -- and how as parents, she and her husband risked everything to save her, only to lose her again.We expect our martyrs to be etched in stained glass, not carrying a backpack and worrying about their weight and their finals. Cassie's is a mystery story, the tale of a girl lost to bad friends and drugs and witchcraft and all the dark places of teenage rebellion.