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Published
2021
Publisher
Make Me a World
Subgenre
Fantasy
Section
Young Adult
Bridge · Ages 12–14

Home Is Not a Country

Safia Elhillo

Nima, who feels she belongs nowhere, discovers the girl she might have been had her parents given her a different name.

  • National Book Award Longlist 2021
  • Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2022
  • YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2022
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Themes

IdentityImmigration & refugeesBelonging

Mood

Feels mysterious, reflective.

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