Finding God, Finding Me: How I Met God As an Ordinary Teenager

Book Synopsis: Finding God, Finding Me tells the powerful testimony of an ordinary, sixteen-year-old girl whose life changes after encountering God. This book is a window into teen fears, teen struggles, and teen insecurities as a high schooler, and how God helped her find her identity, confidence, and so much more through faith in God.

Being a teenager herself, Izzy knows first-hand the challenges facing today’s teenagers. She wants to use her transformation story through the inspiration of the bible to inspire and convict others to want to begin their journey of finding Christ with her Christian encouragement notes and ultimately find themselves in the process of intimacy with God.

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE BOOK:

Izzy Koo won me over with her candid confession, “I honestly didn’t know why I was a Christian.” From there, she writes a powerful testimony of encountering God that changed everything from her identity and confidence to purpose and passion. The result is a book that offers hope to the battles that every teenager faces: loneliness, emptiness, depression, anxiety, and bitterness. The impact of Izzy’s testimony is profound—it resonates not only with Christians but also with seekers and skeptics—and encourages all to look to Jesus for solutions that the world cannot offer. Finding God, Finding Me is so personal and introspective, and I highly recommend parents to give this book to their children who might be struggling spiritually.—Michael Lee, Senior Pastor of All Nations Community Church.

Izzy Koo’s Finding God, Finding Me, would have to be one of the most inspiring testimonies I’ve ever heard of. This book proves how real our God is. The moments in Izzy’s life are ones that all youth can relate to and find courage in the challenging seasons of life. Izzy demonstrates her triumphs as well as her battles that let the reader know that they aren’t alone, and have a God who gives us victory. The boldness, the passion to serve our King and others, the hunger, the love, the kindness, and care she gives, have inspired me and will keep inspiring others to seek the Lord diligently. Because I want what Izzy’s on! Izzy has majorly influenced my confidence to know who I am in Christ and you can see how the Lord uses her and speaks through her throughout this whole book. I hope this book blesses and touches you as much as it did to me. —Sarah Daniela Ortega, MFDV Youth, and Worship Leader.

I wish I had read Finding God, Finding Me back when I was in middle school, trying to figure out my faith for myself and what it meant to me. The way this book is broken up into sections of different qualities Izzy had discovered about herself through her God-given experiences is incredibly digestible for readers, young and old, who want to dive deeper into their relationship with God. I am usually not one to finish a book from start to finish in one sitting, but it felt as though I was reading through a diary of Izzy’s life or having a mentor speak to me through conversation. It blows my mind that while God calls the most seasoned pastors to spread His word, He also uses mere teenagers to further His kingdom using the gifts He’s blessed them with. Finding God, Finding Me is a beautiful testament to that truth, and I am confident that Izzy’s writing will have the most eye-opening impact on those who get their hands on this book. —Yuna Song, Senior at Bellevue High School.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Izzy Koo is a high school student who is committed to helping others—especially youth—attain a deeper relationship with Christ. At sixteen, she started the “Project Encounter” movement—an international gathering of teenagers online to encourage one another through worship and testimonies. She believes strongly in teenagers inspiring other teenagers with their stories, which has led her to start a blog, compose songs, and release her first book.