Description
Description
Nou loves her family, and she likes the brown house where they live, surrounded by trees with sheltering branches. But the young Hmong American girl's sense of safety and belonging is shattered after she wakes one day to find a hateful message spray-painted on the family's mailbox: "Asians Go Home." So Nou asks her parents if they can leave.
Nou's question leads her on a journey to discover where each member of her family finds home. For her father, it is in his songs. For her mother, it is in the garden. In a world that doesn't always welcome her, where can Nou find home?
This extraordinary story from author Kao Kalia Yang and illustrator Seo Kim tenderly explores how a young girl navigates racism and ultimately turns to writing, creating a home for herself on the page--and in the world.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Visually expressing the story's emotional shifts in digital, largely shadowless illustrations that mimic graphite, pastels, and watercolor, Kim renders tumult in dense scribbles that morph into sketchbook-like renderings as Nou builds a home, and returns to serenity, by drawing and writing."--Publishers Weekly
-- (1/26/2026 12:00:00 AM)"A resonating, inspiring story that encourages creative resilience and strength."--Kirkus Reviews
-- (10/6/2025 12:00:00 AM)"In this heartrending but hopeful story that celebrates family ties and the imagination, swooping, surreal floral details are set against lovely textured backgrounds, while tilted images and masses of swirls reflect Nou's discombobulation. Still, her sweet spirit and wide dreams overcome all."--starred, Foreword Reviews
-- (11/10/2025 12:00:00 AM)"Nou narrates the story, sensitively portraying the child's experiences being treated as an "outsider.""--Booklist
-- (11/12/2025 12:00:00 AM)"A powerful story with beautiful illustrations that not only calls out the hate that is in the world today but also provides a message of hope for those who are in search of a creative outlet to find their proverbial home."--School Library Journal
-- (12/17/2025 12:00:00 AM)
Publishing Information
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