{"product_id":"olive-and-the-open-door-a-story-about-being-left-out-finding-where-you-fit-and-the-one-who-always-claims-you","title":"Olive and the Open Door: A Story About Being Left Out, Finding Where You Fit, and the One Who Always Claims You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlive isn't being bullied. Nobody is being unkind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSienna and her friends are perfectly nice. They say hello in the corridor. They pass things in class without being asked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey just don't want Olive in their group.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe tries the polite way of asking. She gets maybe later. She tries again. She gets we're doing something. She tries changing herself — laughing at jokes she doesn't find funny, agreeing with things she doesn't believe — and discovers that fitting yourself into the wrong shape just makes you feel strange all day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the birthday invitations come out. One for everyone. Except Olive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOlive finds herself sitting on a bench near the library, looking at a leaf, wondering what is wrong with her. The answer, it turns out, is nothing. The lift was just full.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut it takes a conversation with Nana who reads her a verse from Isaiah about being summoned by name, about belonging to God before belonging to anyone else — and an unexpected friendship with a girl named Ada who draws frogs and asks real questions, for Olive to understand something important: the door she's been pressing herself against was never hers to open. Her door was somewhere else entirely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA quiet, warm, and deeply true story about the kind of exclusion that doesn't have a name, and the belonging that nobody can take away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren experiencing quiet exclusion — not bullied, just not included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamilies wanting to talk about identity, belonging, and God's claim on us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren who have tried to change themselves to fit in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristian parents looking for faith-based books about belonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes book-club discussion questions and a note for grown-ups.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustralian setting and spelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart of The Brave Heart Stories series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScripture: Isaiah 43:1 — 'I have summoned you by name; you are mine.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Brave Heart Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52856209375521,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/8219\/9585\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-11at2.56.37pm.png?v=1781604325","url":"https:\/\/thebraveheartstories.com\/products\/olive-and-the-open-door-a-story-about-being-left-out-finding-where-you-fit-and-the-one-who-always-claims-you","provider":"The Brave Heart Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}