But their alliance is soon tested by illness, family, and a tragedy in Thea’s life-one that will make demands of her heart that she never expected. Kip is devoted to his sister, and he and Thea are quickly drawn together by their fight for Gina’s health and happiness. She minds even less when she meets Gina’s big brother, Kip. So she doesn’t mind when she’s matched up with Gina, a young leukemia patient. Thea figures she’ll be fluffing pillows, playing with children, and reading books aloud, and it will help Nicky’s chances of striking a business deal with community leaders. It feels like home, and after years of surgeries and therapy, all Sybil wants for her sixteenth birthday is to be surrounded by her crazy family in a place. But what she gets is a volunteer job at the local hospital. Always the youngest but never the baby, Sibyl sometimes wonders, What good is inner strength if only you know it’s there Sybil loves Aunt Grace’s dark, old house, even if the upkeep is a burden the Sebastians can’t entirely afford. As the sisters and their untraditional parents, Nicky and Megs, unpack yet again, Thea dreams of whispers, longing glances, and romance. but how much can she give away and still be herself? The Sebastians have a tradition of falling in love at sixteen, and Thea is ready for it to happen to her, but so far she hasn’t met anyone except the moving-van driver who deposited her and her family in their new home. But their alliance is soon tested by illness, family, and a tragedy in Thea’s life-one that will make demands of her heart that she never expected.Thea would do anything to make the people she loves happy.

As the sisters and their untraditional parents, Nicky and Megs, unpack yet again, Thea dreams of whispers, longing glances, and romance.īut what she gets is a volunteer job at the local hospital.

The Sebastians have a tradition of falling in love at sixteen, and Thea is ready for it to happen to her, but so far she hasn’t met anyone except the moving-van driver who deposited her and her family in their new home.

but how much can she give away and still be herself? Thea would do anything to make the people she loves happy.

Thea at Sixteen by Susan Beth Pfeffer