by Doreen Otaru
Seasons of Blooming by Doreen Otaru follows Solehn, an eighteen-year-old navigating a sudden move from New York to Texas after her family begins falling apart. As she searches for belonging in a new world, she faces complicated friendships, love, family struggles, and the consequences of trying to become someone she is not. A powerful coming-of-age story about identity, growth, and finding herself through life’s most difficult seasons.
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