Home is a complex thing: sometimes it’s a physical space, sometimes a concept, sometimes a feeling, sometimes a person. And sometimes a blend of all these and more. These novelists explore the multiple meanings of home with poignancy and vividness. Jane Kuo (Land of Broken Promises) tells the story of Taiwanese immigrant Anna, whose family make a shocking discovery that puts their American dreams at risk. In Mae Respicio’s middle grade novel Isabel in Bloom, a girl discovers a connection between her home in the Philippines and her new home in the U.S. through a special garden. Kate O’Shaughnessy’s The Wrong Way Home tells the tale of a girl adjusting to the outside world after fleeing an “off the grid community” with her mother. Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic’s Hummingbird Season is a moving and necessary story about finding hope during difficult times, set in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. And Yamile Saied Méndez’ The Beautiful Game features a young soccer player who must find her way back not only to the game she loves, but her own sense of self and belonging.