Though written for children and featuring various cartoon animal characters, the themes in Crenshaw’s book get to the heart of the culture wars.

Crenshaw, who played an intimate role in crafting the story, explained that defining cancel culture for children was “kind of tricky.”

“I think conservatives wrongly view cancel culture as a very simple question of either being able to say whatever the hell you want or being silenced,” said Crenshaw. “It is not that simple. And I wanted to craft this story that kind of exposes the nuance of what we mean by cancel culture.”

The story takes place in an underwater city protected by a dome of seaweed, which begins to crack as more characters are banished for various offenses and hurled through the dome on a “raft of shame.”