This sweet author-illustrator debut celebrates imagination, the magic
of friendship, and all the different ways we make a new place feel like
home.
For Ren, home is his grandmother's little house, and the lush forest
that surrounds it. Home is a place of magic and wonder, filled with all
the fantastical friends that Ren dreams up. Home is where his
imagination can run wild.
For Ava, home is a brick and cement city, where there's always something
to do or see or hear. Home is a place bursting with life, where people
bustle in and out like a big parade. Home is where Ava is never lonely
because there's always someone to share in her adventures.
When Ren moves to Ava's city, he feels lost without his wild. How will
he ever feel at home in a place with no green and no magic, where
everything is exactly what it seems? Of course, not everything in the
city is what meets the eye, and as Ren discovers, nothing makes you feel
at home quite like a friend.
Inspired by the stories her father told her about moving from Puerto
Rico to New York as a child, Zara González Hoang's author-illustrator
debut is an imaginative exploration of the true meaning of "home."