New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them.
Dan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family.
Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are forever changed by their mother's unexplained disappearance.
Mia's abuela has left her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to live with Mia and her parents in the city.
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Aaron, who lives in the American Southwest, has asked his grandfather Tata to teach him about the healing remedies he uses. Tata is a neighbor and family elder.
Larry Donathan has been an ESL teacher in DC Public Schools for more than twelve years, most of that time as an itinerant teacher.