Raiding the Heartland by William D. Lopez Middle Grade Even before he was The

Even before he was The Dogist

Before she thinks of herself as Little Alien

Leaping from game to game

What's worse is that her biggest issue might not be the kingdom--it might be catching real feelings for the one man who makes her want to drop the act

uploaded his consciousness into an AI

Raiding the Heartland by William D. Lopez Middle Grade Even before he was TheChronicles the devastating impacts of immigration raidsand the enduring resistance of immigrant communities in the aftermath. Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) upends small towns and rural communities by staging dramatic raids and rounding up hundreds of people in a single day. These worksite raids fracture families, devastate local economies, and spread fear and trauma that lingers for years. Yet in the wake of these