Torn between two worlds and two versions of herself, Paige must decide where, and with whom, she truly feels at home. Or, she could go back to Texas and prove for once and for all that she’s more than her mistakes and more than a disease. When her own health fails her, she has the choice of staying at home and receiving care. Just as Paige begins to feel settled in Texas, her dad’s worsening Crohn’s disease brings her home to Seattle. He even makes her forget about the debilitating stomach cramps she struggles to hide. He’s so different from her, but Paige realizes that may not be a bad thing, especially since being around Joey curbs her urge to vandalize and ignore the rules.

Not when her dad gets sick, not when her relationship implodes, not even when her parents send her to another-freaking-state for the summer. Sixteen-year-old Paige Williams can’t stop self-sabotaging. Meanwhile, Paige reluctantly befriends her sister’s straight-laced teenage neighbor, Joey, who is a frequent guest. Torn between two worlds and two versions of herself, Paige must decide where, and with whom, she truly feels at home. Paige’s parents sign her up for a rebuilding project in Texas where her sister lives. To make things worse, her parents threaten her with boarding school in the fall if she can’t prove she’s changed her bad habits. Paige just wants to have fun, spray paint a few walls, and block out everything stressful, including her growing concern that she might be sick as well. Not when her dad gets sick, not when her relationship implodes, not even when her parents send her to another-freaking-state for the summer to live with her sister. Torn between two worlds and two versions of herself, Paige must decide where, and with whom, she truly feels at home.Sixteen-year-old Paige Williams can’t stop self-sabotaging. Or, she could go back to Texas and prove for once and for all that she's more than her mistakes and more than a disease. Just as Paige begins to feel settled in Texas, her dad's worsening Crohn's disease brings her home to Seattle.

He's so different from her, but Paige realizes that may not be a bad thing, especially since being around Joey curbs her urge to vandalize and ignore the rules. Meanwhile, Paige reluctantly befriends her sister's straight-laced teenage neighbor, Joey, who is a frequent guest. Paige's parents sign her up for a rebuilding project in Texas where her sister lives. To make things worse, her parents threaten her with boarding school in the fall if she can't prove she's changed her bad habits. Sixteen-year-old Paige Williams can't stop self-sabotaging.

A Feeling Like Home by Haleigh Wenger