It's a fine day in June.  Cassandra's family has just moved from the city back to her parents' hometown in Texas.  Cassie likes her new house, and her new school is okay, but Texas doesn't quite feel like home yet.  Cassie wonders what summer in this new place will hold.

What Cassie doesn't know is that her family has a surprise for her—a Texas tradition.  As she helps prepare red velvet cake, fried chicken, and piles of other dishes, Cassie wonders what makes June 19th so important.  After all, Memorial Day has passed and the 4th of July is still two weeks away.

It isn't until Cassie and her family arrive downtown that she discovers what the commotion is about.  And, in the process, she realizes that she and her family have indeed come home.

With text and illustrations as warm as a summer day, author Carole Boston Weatherford and artist Yvonne Buchanan bring the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth to life for children.  Readers of all ages will delight in this declaration of freedom and homecoming. 

From the dust jacket