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Rose

Book 1 of The Year I Turned Sixteen series

This is me and my three younger sisters. Being the oldest has never been easy, but it was especially hard the year I turned sixteen. That was the year that the things I thought would always be the same changed forever. After Dad died, Mom needed me to pitch in more—get a job and help take care of my sisters. I was working so hard to care for my family, I forgot to look out for myself.

Then I met someone who wanted to take care of me. For the first time ever, I was in love. It was wonderful. But it was also scary. Because if nothing lasts forever...how could love?

Genre
romancecoming of age
Setting
1990s
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 182 pages

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