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In To The People Like Us, teen activist Constanza, aided by her vacillating friend Malakai, organizes her neighborhood against the Sirleaf Corporation, who intends to build a new development by razing their apartments and bodega. Indigo, a newcomer to the neighborhood, attempts to make friends with them and joins their protest group. Sparks fly when Constanza makes a discovery about Indigo that changes all of their relationships with each other. 826 Boston is a nonprofit writing, tutoring, and publishing organization where students in grades K-12 and beyond can share their stories, amplify their voices, and develop as leaders in school and in life. 826 Boston's portion of the profits of any sale go back into funding these programs.

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""It has been a dream of mine to be in community with our youth organizations to make art together, and this dream has come true.'' - Cerise Lim Jacobs, Opera Maker + Founding Artistic Director at White Snake Projects, Boston's Activist Opera Company ""The libretto you're about to read is a work of resistance and hope-and maybe, just maybe, it makes room for a miracle. It is a story for our time, written with urgency, tenderness, and fire."" - from the foreword by Mfoniso Udofia, Award-Winning Playwright

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