"When Travis was fifteen years old, Sara came to live next door. Life has never been the same for him since then. Gradually he has come to understand that what they shared was to fragile to survive in the adult world. And so, for him now, all that is left of Sara is his memories."

So begins Jack Weyland's touching story of Travis and Sara, two teenagers who have come face-to-face with the harsh realities of life. For Travis, this confrontation becomes a process of discovery. He finds himself pulled deeper into the darker side of life than he had ever thought possible. As his relationships with his family, his friends, and the Church are redefined, he must decide what he values most in life.

For Sara, the realities of life have been confronting her since before she was old enough to understand what they were. Now she finds herself living with a foster family and waiting to give birth to a child she will never know. With the help of friends who really care about her, Sara finally escapes her past. She discovers the beauty of life and learns to love herself and God.

Together, Travis and Sara encounter both sides of life: gossip and the gospel, cruelty and kindness, pain and prayer, violence and virtue, and torment and truth.

Sara, Whenever I Hear Your Name is a sensitive novel about problems in the modern world and the people who face them. You will laugh and cry as you discover what makes the relationship between Sara and Travis unique.