. >> host: you talk about this school, the principal is maurice weber and metro midwest is what you're saying. >> guest: right. >> host: how much of that is made up, can you tell us -- is this a real school? >> guest: it's a real school, a real sub you suburban context ts predominantly middle class and a praise that's -- place that's known for its progressive-liberal ethos. >> host: so riverview, made up, metro midwest, is it in the midwest? >> guest: it is in the midwest. those are all pseudonyms for real names, people, places. >> host: okay. what is it about this school that attracted you to write about it? >> guest: you know, the it's a really fascinating place because it's been integrated for, you know, probably 30 years, 40 years. and what you find there is not the sort of standard disparity between income. most folks there are middle class including the black and latino families as well as the white families. most folks, again, they espouse this eagle atarian e not -- egalitarian ethos. and so the idea that this is a really progressive community, this is a community that beliefs