Middle and high school students share short anecdotes and poetry on the topic of community safety in New Orleans. Prompts include: "If you could spray paint a message to folks in charge, what would it say?" And, "What does it feel like to be safe at school?" Students write of caring neighbors, youth voices, and why New Orleans is like a rose.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Our Young Writer’s Council and students in New Orleans express their views on community safety in their city.”