


He has written several novels for young readers, including Zorgamazoo, Dust City and Blues for Zoey. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and has been nominated for the Journey Prize and the Fountain Award for Speculative Fiction. Since then, he's also spent time living in the US, Japan, Switzerland and the UK. 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.Ībout the Author: Robert Paul Weston was born in Dover, England, but did most of his growing up in the small town of Georgetown, Ontario. 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.
