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Rumi Seto spends much of her life worrying that she doesn’t know all the answers. Yet one certainty remains: her lifelong desire to share the stage of music with her younger sister Lea. When Lea tragically dies in a car accident, Rumi’s world shatters. To cope with her grief, her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii, forcing Rumi to find new footing amid loss and the lingering promise of music.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Contemporary Fiction
Authors: Akemi Dawn Bowman
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