My Temporary Home
Raquel Rodriguez
My Temporary Home is a powerful and heartfelt story that follows a young girl navigating the foster care system, sharing her journey through trauma, resilience, and healing. It offers an honest look at what it means to search for stability, identity, and a place to truly belong.
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.