This is the story of six young people who are in a special classroom. Every Friday they go to the ARTT (A Room to Talk) and talk without supervision from a teacher. They discuss what is going on in their lives including parental incarceration, immigration, racism and so much more. It is a delightful book and the audio version was wonderful. It was a full cast recording with different actors for each of the kids and the teacher. There is also an interview after the story with jacqueline Woodson and her son. My only complaint was that Hayley's story seem to carry more weight because she was the narrator of the story and I wish more time could have been spent on the other kids. I wish they could have each had a full voice in the telling of the story.