Extreme Poverty, Bullies, Even Rapists Couldn't Stop Her"How One Teen Rose Above It All to Become a National Icon"

Rachel Stark, one of five children, grew up in a tumbledown one-bedroom shack in the mountains of East Tennessee. Her family was dirt poor, and when she was 18 they moved to Nebraska in hopes of a better life. But things got worse, a lot worse, before they got better.

"The Rise of Rachel Stark" is a story of courage, perseverance, determination and survival, leavened with a lot of love. Blessed with an angelic singing voice, Rachel Stark, with the help of a few good friends,...