Sakura's Cherry Blossoms captures the beauty of the healing power of friendship through Weston's Japanese poetry-inspired text and Saburi's breathtaking illustrations. In the meantime, Sakura and Luke's friendship blooms and finally, when spring comes, Luke takes her to see the cherry blossom trees flowering right there in her new neighborhood. Luke does his best to cheer her up - and tells her about a surprise he knows she'll love, but she'll have to wait till spring. Sakura is sad when she returns to the States and once again reflects on all she misses. When her grandmother becomes ill, though, her family takes a trip back to Japan. One day, she meets her neighbor, a boy named Luke, and begins to feel a little more settled. She wonders how she'll ever feel at home in this new place, with its unfamiliar language and landscape. When she arrives in the States, most of all she misses her grandmother and the cherry blossom trees, under which she and her grandmother used to play and picnic. Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. But contrary to what everyone thinks, Kaz isn’t desperately saving for college. Description A warm, gorgeous exploration of a little girl's experience immigrating to a new country and missing her home and her grandmother, who still lives far away. Blues for Zoey by Robert Paul Weston Music and mystery twist together in Robert Paul Weston’s latest YA novel, which features Kaz Barrett, a 16-year-old boy who’s as focused on building his bank account as he is on getting a girlfriend.