Traces of Summer

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❝  Brooklyn Waver was bathed in sunlight, washed in honey. She is in every wave of summer, every constellation of stars, every drop of sweetener in the cooling lemonades.❞

Brooklyn Waver is a star-gazer and dreamer, and has been living in Como, Italy for her whole life. 

Summer in Como has always been the same, helping the family's bakery, go star-gazing, and going on boat rides.

But this summer when she discovers a secret cove and a group of friends, summer changes.All Rights Reserved

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