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Tangled Roots and New Beginnings: A Story of First Love, Family Ties, and Finding Your Voice
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 20 2025
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.15 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Tangled Roots and New Beginnings
A Story of First Love, Family Ties, and Finding Your Voice
Maya Alvarez has one chance to escape the weight of her family's expectations and secure her future a scholarship to Parsons School of Design. But her mural, meant to reflect her roots, feels more like a mess of paint and pressure than the masterpiece she needs.
Liam Chen hides his music and anxiety behind a hoodie and a notebook full of songs he's too scared to share. To his parents, he's destined for medical school. But Liam dreams of chords, not charts.
When Maya and Liam are paired for a school art-and-music project, sparks fly on the canvas and in their hearts. As their creative worlds collide, they find connection in their shared struggles, family secrets, and the courage it takes to follow a dream.
But with Maya's mother hiding something serious and Liam's parents determined to keep him on their path, both teens are forced to choose: stay rooted in expectations, or reach for something new.
Perfect for fans of Everything, Everything, I'll Give You the Sun, and Five Feet Apart, this heartfelt coming-of-age romance explores love, loss, family, identity, and what it means to truly be seen.
Sometimes the hardest masterpiece is the one you paint with your heart.
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