
It isn’t until Cassie and her family arrive downtown that she discovers what the commotion is about. As she helps prepare red velvet cake, fried chicken, and piles of other dishes, she wonders what makes June 19th so important.

Cassie likes her new house, and her new school is okay, but Texas doesn’t quite feel like home yet.What Cassie doesn’t know is that her family has a surprise for her - a Texas tradition. Cassandra’s family has just moved from the city back to her parents’ hometown in Texas. A young girl, who has just moved to her parents’ hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.
