Becoming Summer
EnglishPublished Nov 12, 2026
Becoming Summer is a serial in English. Parts 1–3 are printed here in full; the story continues from Part 4 in the official app.
From Part 4 the story is in the official app — the code is in the bar at the bottom of the page.
The story
In a small mountain town where everyone has dark hair and dark eyes, a girl with straw-colored hair grows up under a mother who will not explain her difference. One night a phone call brings sleek black cars, police, and a man in a sharp suit named Mr. Ashford, who takes her mother, Evelyn, away. As the cars leave, her mother turns on her, calling her a devil's child and begging to be rid of her. Leo, a driver, adopts the girl and brings her to a grand house, but she lives hidden in its basement, watching her mother drift through the rose garden above.
When a visiting cousin, Lily, hides a hair clip under her mattress and accuses her of stealing, Evelyn orders her locked in the basement without food for three days. Leo sneaks her bread and water. When the door opens, he tells her that Evelyn is pregnant, and the household turns its attention to the coming baby.
Opening
In our small, isolated town deep in the mountains, everyone had dark hair and dark eyes. Mine was the color of straw.
My mother looked at me, her face blank. She didn’t say a word. She just picked up a pair of scissors and shaved my head until it was bare.
From then on, I was the only bald kid in town.
Two weeks later, I found a slip of paper she’d hidden in the woodpile behind our shack. It had a phone number on it.
Issue contents
- Part 1Free here~540 words
- Part 2Free here~930 words
- Part 3Free here~770 words
- Part 4In the app
- Part 5In the app
- Part 6In the app
- Part 7In the app
- Part 8In the app
- Part 9In the app
- Part 10In the app
- Part 11In the app
- Part 12In the app
- Part 13In the app
- Part 14In the app
- Part 15In the app
- More partscontinue in the official app
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Questions
- How many parts of Becoming Summer can I read here?
- Three. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are printed here in full, each on its own page, and Part 3 is the last one this site carries.
- Where does Becoming Summer continue after Part 3?
- In the official app. Part 4 onward is not published on this site. Install the app, open it, and enter the code vvq44 — it takes you straight to this story instead of the app’s front page.
- What is the code vvq44 for?
- It tells the official app which story you were reading here. Copy it from the bar at the bottom of the page and enter it after installing.
KSCR Serials prints only the opening Parts that publishers release as previews, plus basic story details. Complete stories are read in the official app.