Students leverage their familiarity with Chicago to compile a list of ideas about how to change it. Hear about short-term fixes, long term goals, and how society itself must change to create a better world. Suggestions include: adding flowers and sculptures all over, addressing gun violence, a two-day work week, and making walking safer.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “The students of George Washington High School tapped into their experiences, imaginations, and dreams to answer the question: what would Chicago look like if young people were in charge? The essays and poems in How to Dream a City tackle real-world problems with inventive solutions. Some ideas are practical, some are fantastical, but all represent a vision for a new youth-centered, youth-powered, and youth-led Chicago.”