The Home We Make
Written by Maham Khwaja
Illustrated by Daby Zainab Faidhi
Published by Lee & Low Books
A moving story about a young girl and her family who are forced to flee their beloved home after violence erupts all around them, and their journey to make a new sense of home.
One day someone asks me,
Where is home?
And I don’t know what to say.
Is home here or there?
Told from the perspective of a young refugee girl, debut children’s book author and New Voices winner Maham Khwaja tells the story of a family forced to flee their home due to violence. Emotive illustrations by Daby Zainab Faidhi balance the family’s love for one another and hope for the future with the harrowing journey to escape on foot, travel by boat, and then finally resettle in a safe place. Through it all, the young girl tries to hold on to all the pieces of her life before and find a way to rebuild a sense of home.
Primary ISBN: 9781620149577
Publication Date: October 2024
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 05 or older
Community Represented: Unspecified
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp, Welcoming by Community
Setting: Unspecified, United States
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Refugee, Refugee Camp, On Journey
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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Source: Lee & Low Books