Lattes of the world, unite!After 17-year-old half-Indian Asha is jokingly called a towel-head and barely Asian by a classmate, she is moved to advocate for people of mixed race and along the way earn money for a sorely needed summer trip before college.

Thus the Latte Rebellion is bornlatte, a perfect blend of coffee and other, becomes shorthand for multiethnic people.Carey, Ashas driven fellow Latte and best friend, insists that they launch the enterprise anonymously, and rightly so.What begins as an online T-shirt-selling scheme becomes a movement, with chapters in colleges and high schools spanning the nation.

As Ashas life is consumed by her cause, her grades slip, and her relationship with Carey deteriorates rapidly after the school begins to view the Latte Rebellion as a terrorist organization.In Stevensons debut, illustrated with a few drawings and comics, the portrayal of Ashas initially misguided but relatable social awakening is so honest that readers will find themselves first cringing at her efforts, then cheering her on.