Listen in while Chrystal and I chat about her new book- Take Back the Block, and how it’s not too early to introduce middle-grade kids to concepts like gentrification that they may not encounter in their everyday lives.

Here’s my elevator pitch: Wes would rather play video games than attend a protest march with his parents until one day when it’s his neighborhood being threatened by developers.

This story makes it easy to see how it affects someone their age and how gentrification is pricing people out of their neighborhoods all over the US.