This Time Will Be Different

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By Misa Sugiura ’91

Published July 16, 2019

In this contemporary coming-of-age novel, teenager CJ finds herself enamored by the creative outlet she gets while working at her family’s flower shop. But when her mom plans to sell the shop to the same people who defrauded her grandparents while they were imprisoned at internment camps, CJ finds a greater purpose to fight for to keep her family and community from falling apart.

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