Home Is in Between

In the timely yet timeless picture book Home Is in Between, critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Lavanya Naidu describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing the complex but beautiful home in between.

Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet.

Still, her family's apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba's big laugh. But outside, everything is different - trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books.

Back and forth, Shanti trudges between her two worlds. She remembers her village and learns her new town. She watches Bollywood movies at home and Hollywood movies with her friends. She is Indian. She is also American. How should she define home?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 02/23/2021
ISBN: 9780374303679
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.30w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/04/2021
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2021
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2021 pg. 70
School Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 87
Booklist 05/21/2021

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 513708 / Home Is in Between
Reading Level: 2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5