The House on Bird Island. Book One. Born to be Second

Young Vasilisa grows up in the village of Dolzhskaya — a wondrous land where fishing thrives, beautiful fields stretch out, and gardens bloom. Vasilisa leads the same life as her peers in the village — she helps with household chores,... studies at school, loves spending time by the Sea of Azov, and especially on a small patch of land on a sandy spit, which the locals call Bird Island. But in the year of her sixteenth birthday, in the midst of a scorching summer, the girl falls in love for the first time, and this previously unknown feeling turns her entire familiar world upside down. Treasuring it as her greatest treasure, Vasilisa is still unaware that love can bring many trials, and ahead of her and her loved ones lie significant changes. "Born to be Second" is the first part of the novel "The House on Bird Island" by the popular blogger and writer Tasha Mulyar, and the beginning of a great story about growing up, finding oneself, and true happiness.