The Last Summer Before Everything Changed
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Mira follows a silver thread to the Starweaver who weaves stars. A small mistake becomes a gentle lesson in honesty, repair, and wonder.
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Title: The Last Summer Before Everything Changed Project: The Last Summer Before Everything Changed Audience: YA (young adult) Format: storybook (illustrated, spread-aware) Approx word count: 1,820 Cover - Visual: overheated late-summer street, sun low, two silhouetted friends on porch steps, distant carnival lights. Warm palette, golds/teals. Title hand-lettered, textured paper grain. - Copy: Title, subtitle line: "one summer. one impossible choice." Author: Storybook Creator (REA) Overview - Tone: nostalgic, bittersweet, luminous. YA voice, present-tense fragments for immediacy. Theme: change, friendship, first betrayal, choosing future. - Hook: Maya and Jonah plan last perfect summer before college. Strange meteor shower promises one impossible wish. They face truth about leaving, trust, identity. Structure - Package contract: Cover + Title Card (not counted as a spread) + 12 narrative spreads + Endmatter (not counted as a spread). - Each spread = 1-2 illustrated scenes + 150-250 words combined. Visual directions per spread. Title Card (not a spread) - Visual: town map inset + establishing panorama (seaside Millhaven at dusk). Labels: pier, arcade, lighthouse, carnival grounds.…
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