The loss of innocence, dealing with stereotypes, new doors, advocacy. These are all themes touched on in They Don't See What I See. Hear personal stories of migration, gun control, natural disasters, gender equity, and poverty.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Ninth grade students from the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science share Op-Ed essays that explore the contemporary meaning of the American Dream within the context of topics including women’s rights, migration, gun control, racial inequality and poverty.”