6th grader Emilia Torres struggles to concentrate at school and lately her mom and abuela are driving her nuts. Her dad is coming back from deployment in the Middle East, so hopefully things will get better. Meanwhile Emilia and her friend Gus are excited to produce a video for their Social Studies project about their community. When Emilia interviews the owner of the local Latino grocery for her project she learns that most of her Latin neighbors came to Georgia to build the facilities for the Atlanta Olympics and have experienced various forms of prejudice ever since.
Emilia's relationship with her familia changes too. Papi is a brave Marine on the outside, but moody and jumpy on the inside. The only time they can really talk together is when he's working on a classic car-- a late 60s Shelby Cobra (did you see the movie Ford vs. Ferrari? THAT car). Fortunately Emilia has a knack for building things and discovers she likes welding and helping with the car. Emilia also learns what made her abuela a strong woman who not only keeps the family together but manages the only auto repair shop in town. Mami is constantly on Emilia's case about school work and nutrition, but as Emilia becomes more aware of her community, she also realizes that Mami may need to move to pursue her career as a computer app developer.
You should enjoy they characters. The author sprinkles in a lot of Spanish dialogue which you should be able to pick up.
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