Writing on family, language, history, and identity, these authors explore their lives and how the past has shaped them. Essays center around topics like growing up bilingual, role models, immigration, and culture. Poets reflect on nature, confidence, determination, and community.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Written in the weeks just before the COVID-19 pandemic, and just a few months before the murder of George Floyd, these collected poems and essays both celebrate and critique the complex, multicultural neighborhoods of South Minneapolis. This book also includes three hours of lesson plans, so that other students can explore themes of history, power, and identity for themselves.”