For fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Sandhya Menon, critically
acclaimed author Misa Sugiura delivers a richly crafted contemporary YA
novel about family, community, and the importance of writing your own
history. The author of the Asian Pacific American Award-winning It’s Not
Like It’s a Secret is back with another smartly drawn coming-of-age novel
that weaves riveting family drama, surprising humor, and delightful romance
into a story that will draw you in from the very first page. Katsuyamas
never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start.
She’s never lived up to her mom’s type A ambition, and she’s perfectly
happy just helping her aunt, Hannah, at their family’s flower shop. She
doesn’t buy into Hannah’s romantic ideas about flowers and their hidden
meanings, but when it comes to arranging the perfect bouquet, CJ discovers
a knack she never knew she had. A skill she might even be proud of. Then
her mom decides to sell the shop—to the family who swindled CJ’s
grandparents when thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to internment
camps during WWII. Soon a rift threatens to splinter CJ’s family, friends,
and their entire Northern California community; and for the first time, CJ
has found something she wants to fight for.