The Third Door

Everyone thinks Eva Santiago has it all figured out. Straight-A student, perfect pastor’s daughter, and model church youth leader. But behind the practiced smiles and Sunday sermons, sixteen-year-old Eva is falling apart.

Since the sudden death of her brother Mateo, Eva’s faith has become a silent battleground. God feels distant. Her prayers feel empty. And no one seems to notice she’s barely holding on.

Then one night, while cleaning the church basement, Eva stumbles upon a forgotten journal hidden behind an old cabinet. The journal belongs to a girl named Ruth. Someone who lived in the same town decades earlier and poured her fears, questions, and fragile faith onto its pages.

As Eva reads Ruth’s words, she starts to see eerie parallels between their lives. But when she finds a final, unfinished entry with a mysterious message, “If you find this, meet me at the third door", Eva is pulled into a spiritual mystery that challenges everything she thought she knew.

What begins as a secret search turns into a journey of truth, grief, and grace. Through forgotten letters, buried family history, and a growing connection with a boy who carries doubts of his own, Eva learns that faith isn't about pretending to be okay. It’s about showing up. Broken, questioning, and real.

The Third Door is a deeply moving coming-of-age story about the courage to ask hard questions, the healing power of truth, and the unexpected places where faith can still be found.