![]() Abandoned by her mother, Rumi spends her summer in Hawaii with her aunt, trying to figure out how to live without her sister. When Rumi's sister, Lea, dies in a horrific car accident, Rumi is left to pick up the pieces of her life. With the help of the "boys next door"-a teenage surfer named Kai, who smiles too much and doesn't take anything seriously, and an eighty-year-old named George Watanabe, who succumbed to his own grief years ago-Rumi attempts to find her way back to her music, to write the song she and Lea never had the chance to finish.Īching, powerful, and unflinchingly honest, Summer Bird Blue explores big truths about insurmountable grief, unconditional love, and how to forgive even when it feels impossible. Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman is an emotional story of loss, life, and music. ![]() Now thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the loss of her sister, being abandoned by her mother, and the absence of music in her life. Akemi Dawn Bowman Summer Bird Blue Kindle Edition by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 119 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial 'Raw, real and deeply hopeful' ALICE OSEMAN Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying. ![]() Then Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. ![]() ![]() But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of-she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn't have the answers to everything. Summer Bird Blue - by Akemi Dawn Bowman 18. ![]()
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