Home Is Not a Country Cheryl Kilodavis the lion spends their days

the lion spends their days protecting a nearby homeless encampment

Like why Navrashtya went missing in the first place

time spent grieving the loss of her mom and sisters and trying to fit in at school

"It has the compulsive readability of Gossip Girl

Shunned by her classmates and struggling to preserve a fledgling romance with Lily's gender-fluid sibling

Home Is Not a Country Cheryl Kilodavis the lion spends their daysLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Nothing short of magic. Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africas 30 Under 30 list, this powerful novel in verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my