Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...

"Derek Fallon loves making funny memes, but when he finds himself the joke of a viral meme, he realizes how easy it is to offend others using this platform. He can't stop thinking about it--even as he and his friends have the chance to house-sit for a famous Internet dog. Meanwhile, a wildfire evacuation forces them all out of the mansion, and suddenly Derek gets the opportunity to confront his virtual bully when they are directed to the same evacuation...