An Evening with Florence Migga in conversation with Aurora Dominquez

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A fun and gentle homage to tween friendship and the expanding horizons of middle school

Ava, Becca, and Cat have always been inseparable. But the summer after eighth grade, they’re forced to spend two months apart.

Outgoing Ava is dragged to London by her family.

Anxious Becca is sent to summer camp.

Quiet Cat is left at home.

Phones aren't allowed at Becca's camp, and Ava's parents restrict her use of devices, so to make the separation bearable, they vow to collect materials for a joint scrapbook that they’ll compile at the end of the summer. But as they work on their separate parts of the scrapbook, they step out of their comfort zones—and out of the roles they each play in the trio.
Who is Ava when she’s not the leader?
Who is Becca when she’s not the peacekeeper?
Who is Cat without the other two to keep her busy?
Can their friendship survive this summer of growth and change?

Florence Migga is an author based in southern Florida. She is the creator of the book review blog Book Nerds Across America. The blog remains active after ten years, and you can still find her and her friends sharing reviews of books, bookish movies, and bookish events. The Summer Scrapbook is her debut novel.

Aurora Dominguez is a high school and university educator, currently teaching Journalism, Newspaper and Creative Writing at Boca Raton High School. She is also a professor in charge of teaching Mass Communications and Journalism classes online at University of Florida and Florida Atlantic University, and also currently teaches Storytelling and Pop Culture. Dominguez has been an editor and writer for publications such as The Miami Herald, Where Magazine and J-14 Magazine. In 2015, she went from the newsroom to the classroom and still freelances for a variety of publications, covering books, literature, as well as travel and dining features. She won Teacher of the Year for 2022 at Boca Raton High School, was chosen as one of 50 teachers in the United States to be honored by Walt Disney World during their 50th Anniversary Teacher Celebration and completed her summer studies at Oxford in England on a full scholarship. She graduated that summer with a certificate in English Literature with a concentration on Shakespeare and Politics and the works of Jane Austen. Dominguez lives with her husband Sebastian and cat Luna in Hollywood, Florida.

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