מימי היא יפנית שחור חצי חצי. כילדה החדשה בעיר, היא מתקשה למצוא את מקומה בין בני גילה, אך לעולם לא מוותרת על חלומה להיות אסטרונאוט ולהפוך את העולם למקום טוב יותר.
שיא
Woodshop
This story takes place in a predominantly white town in Vermont in 1969. Mimi and her parents have moved from California for her father’s job and must adapt to being a mixed race family in a town with very little diversity.
FALLING ACTION
We will have after school clubs that anyone can join, but we can't have woodshop classes in school for girls.
That's fine, for now...
Mimi befriends Stacey. The two girls peacefully sit in the shop class and refuse to get up when the teachers tells them they can’t be there.
RESOLUTION
You fly now. Take the yoke.
Oh, thank you!
Mimi and Stacey are suspended, and when they get back to school, the boys are in home economics and the girls are in shop.
The principal agrees to start clubs for the classes after school so that anyone can join.
After Mimi’s family brings Mr. Dell a Thanksgiving dinner, he apologizes for how rude he has been. He takes Mimi for a ride on his plane and lets her steer.