Emilia Rose is neuro-divergent. She has trouble focusing in class, and she needs help remaining organized. Her mother helps her do her homework and write things down in her agenda so she knows what she needs to do next. Emilia's abuela helps her too, but she can be rough on the edges at times. Being the grand-daughter of a Cuban immigrant can be difficult at times!
Emilia is looking forward to her father returning from yet another military deployment, but his arrival coincides with her mother having to travel from their home in a suburb of Atlanta to San Francisco. And they're working on a special project in her social studies class, where they have to develop a tourist guide for Merryville, the town where they live. At the same time, there is a controversy brewing in town with the school board poised to combine the town's schools to rebalance the population. This is causing a rift between those who live in Merryville, and those who live in Park View, the neighborhood literally on the outside of the track.
Emilia spends time with her friend Gus working on his movie / tourist project. She spends time with her father, working on rebuilding a Shelby Cobra. She spends time with her abuela, planning her quinceanera. She spends time with her mother, who is considering a switch in her work. Navigating friendships, school work, growing up, and her father's return, Emilia looks for a way to be authentic to herself and to what she believes, while balancing her interactions with the people she cares most about.
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