10 Year Old Author Makiz Orokzai Releases 'Bloom Squad,' a Children’s Novel About Friendship and Growing Up

WOODBRIDGE, VA, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ten-year-old author and artist Makiz Orokzai has released her debut children’s novel, Bloom Squad, a story about four best friends navigating friendship, responsibility, and an approaching move. Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions, the book follows Amba, Sunny, Lisa, and Starla as they create a flower watering business to make the most of their final weeks together before Amba moves from Critter City to Fountain City.

Availability
Bloom Squad is available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover editions on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bloom-Squad-Makiz-Orokzai-ebook/dp/B0HCM9JXFX

A Summer Business Brings Four Friends Together

Amba and her best friends Sunny, Lisa, and Starla share a love of drawing, sweet boba tea, and flowers. When Amba learns that her family is moving, the news changes the way she views the remaining weeks of summer.
Determined to spend their time together doing something memorable, the four friends start a neighborhood flower watering business and officially become the Bloom Squad.
Their new venture takes them throughout Oak Street, where everyday responsibilities develop into colorful adventures. The girls encounter spooky houses with spiders around the doorbells, unusual yards decorated with neon pink plastic flamingos, and a variety of unexpected situations. They also organize a large yard sale and experience the excitement that comes from building a project together.

Exploring Friendship, Responsibility, and Growing Up

As the moving date approaches, the girls face challenges within their friendship. A disagreement involving a water sprinkler creates tension in the group and threatens the club they’ve worked to establish.
The storyline explores emotions that many children experience while growing up, including the uncertainty surrounding a move, disagreements between close friends, the sadness of saying goodbye, and the importance of communication.
Through the Bloom Squad’s experiences, the book also introduces themes of teamwork, creativity, responsibility, and young entrepreneurship in an accessible setting for children.
“I wrote "Bloom Squad" to share the wonderful, complicated feelings of moving away and growing up, and I hope it inspires other kids to create their own awesome clubs with their best friends,” said Makiz, Author and Artist of Bloom Squad.

A Debut Inspired by Childhood Creativity

The world of Bloom Squad reflects many of Makiz’s own creative interests. Drawing, storytelling, and flowers appear throughout the book, helping shape the activities and personalities of its young characters.
The novel also encourages children to explore their ideas and create projects with friends. From designing concepts for their team to managing their flower watering business, Amba, Sunny, Lisa, and Starla learn through shared experiences as their summer unfolds.
At its center, Bloom Squad asks whether their friendship can survive arguments, strong emotions, and the approaching move before Amba begins the next chapter of her life in Fountain City. Here is a recent article published about the book.

About Makiz Orokzai

Makiz Orokzai is a 10-year-old author and artist based in Virginia. She enjoys storytelling, drawing, reading, and flowers. When she’s away from writing, Makiz can often be found sketching, reading her favorite books, or imagining her next creative project.
Bloom Squad is her debut novel. Through the story, she hopes to connect with young readers experiencing friendship, growing up, moving, and other meaningful childhood changes. Makiz looks forward to continuing her creative journey and writing more stories in the future.

Makiz Orokzai
Author of Bloom Squad
mybloombook7@gmail.com