Home Was You

For 16 year old Chelsea, surving the loss of her mother feels like walking through quicksand, every step is a struggle. To make matters worse, her dad decides to move. To Chelsea it feels like he's trying to erase all memory of her favourite person in the world, her home.

Everything becomes new: the house, her bedroom, her street, her school and she becomes the new girl. Everything feels hard and the panic attacks slowly become the norm.

But then there's Archie. The boy next door who falls into step beside her, pulling her out of her own head with just two words: "Come on."But as they grow closer, Chelsea realizes Archie is hiding a dark, dangerous reality of his own behind closed doors. Soon, she is forced to make an impossible choice: break his trust to save his life from his secret or stay quiet and let the guilt destroy her.

This book contains heavy themes of grief, loss, and family drama.