Description

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she s suddenly popular for the first time. The friends who ve recently drifted away from her want to hang out again. Then Indigo notices that the school s disciplinary policies seem to be enforced especially harshly with students of color, like her. She wants to keep investigating, but her friends insist she s imagining things.Meanwhile, Indigo stumbles upon a book by Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells–with private letters written by Ida tucked inside. As she reads about Ida s lifelong battle against racism, Indigo realizes she must choose between keeping quiet and fighting for justice.