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A Rose That Grew From a Textbook in the Village
At the sudden disappearance of her older sister, 17-year-old Rosewood Glory Brooks finds herself living her worst nightmare as she is left to take care of her niece, Hazel. Having just graduated high school and earning a full scholarship to a prestigious university, Rose risks losing everything she’s worked so hard for.
Now, faced with a problem that’s not in a textbook, she must figure out how to take care of her 6-year-old niece in the college dorms while protecting her from the truth. Rose must also learn to do the very thing she is hesitant to do–let people know who she really is to make room for others in her life. After all, it takes a village to raise a child.
Through this emotional journey, Rose is on a hunt to find her missing sister. The more she looks, the more secrets are uncovered, and the more her reality crumbles around her. Now, in order to survive the madness, she must face her own traumatic past. A Rose That Grew from a Textbook in the Village is a stunning novel debut that’s sure to capture your heart from beginning to end!
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CHAPTER 1
The sun warms the towering foyer of Hunley Hall, and its rays of light shine through the large full-length windows, suddenly creating a looming shadow. It takes only a moment to spot the resident assistant of the dorms, seated in a shaft of sunlight at the reception desk, scanning through forms. A student with cocoa-brown skin and braids flowing past her shoulders like ropes of black ribbon strides forward, waiting with an unenthusiastic expression until the RA looks up.
“I’m Rose, and I was told that someone was looking for me.”
The RA stares at Rose with a momentary look of puzzlement. Then her eyes brighten. “Oh, yes! Rosewood Brooks, correct?”
Rose nods.
The RA searches the cluttered surface of the desk until she finds a yellow sticky note hidden under a stack of papers. She holds up the note to read it. “Okay, let’s see here. It says you had a visitor a couple of hours ago.”
Rose looks back at the half-empty lobby as if to see if she can spot the person who’d come to visit. Seeing no one, she turns her attention back to the RA “You want to tell me who it was?”
“Oh, yes. Her name was Donna. Donna Brooks.”
“You mean Dayna?”
The RA squints at the sticky note. “Oh yes, Dayna Brooks.”
Rose’s eyes grow wide. “That’s my older sister. Did she leave a message?”
The RA shakes her head. “Nope. It doesn’t say anything here.”
“Well, why would someone from the front desk come looking for me if there’s no message?”
The RA looks at the sticky note again. “Let’s see. It just says here to reach you as soon as possible.”
With no sight of Dayna in the lobby, Rose walks outside and looks around. “Why would Dayna be here?” she mumbles.
She decides to go back to her room to get her phone off the charger. As she reenters the lobby, she glances at both wings out of habit, then continues to her room. In just a split second she comes to a screeching halt. There, sleeping in a chair tucked in the far corner of the lobby next to a giant pillar is her six-year-old niece, Hazel. She’s wearing a backpack, and there’s a small suitcase parked in front of her.
Author
Young Author Award winner Kasandra Price is a native of the Sunflower State, Wichita, KS. An electrical engineer with a passion for creative storytelling, she has been writing scripts and directing her own short films for over six years.
She wrote her first book at age fourteen and soared to new heights. She has recently founded her own imprint called Kreative Publishing. Kasandra is devoted to providing a story that will captivate readers. When Kasandra is not writing, she is at her workstation drafting up blueprints for her innovations or behind a camera bringing her stories to the big screen.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Oliva M.
The writing was so vivid and colorful, I could really picture the University and the hometown of Farlen. This was such a powerful story and a true self-discovery moment for Rosewood.
Lauren S.
A Rose that Grew from a Textbook in The Village is a phenomenal book, I couldn't put it down. The journey of the main character is definitely a must-read.
Nathan J.
There were so many plot twist and turns that I kept dropping my jaw! This book definitely took me on a roller coaster but I was glad to get on the ride. I highly recommend this book!