No Place Like Home [Paperback]

An unhoused boy and his family search for stability in this middle-grade novel praised as big-hearted and emotionally resonant.

Perfect for back-to-school reading.

When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren't guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don't welcome overnight stays.

Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing for days, slowing down the family's progress and adding to their worry.

Then Opin finds a stray dog who needs him as much as he needs her, and his longing for a stable home intensifies, as his brother's reckless ways hit a new high. Opin makes a new friend in the shelter, but shelters dont allow dogs&

Will anything other than a real home ever be enough?

An unhoused boy and his family search for stability in this middle-grade novel praised as big-hearted and emotionally resonant.

Perfect for back-to-school reading.

James Birdis the author ofThe Brave, a Book Riot Best Book of 2020 and praised as full of heart, authenticity, and courage bySchool Library Journalin a starred review, andThe Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls, which Bulletin for the Center for Childrens Books called grounded in love. He is also a screenwriter and director at the independent film company, Zombot Pictures. Originally from California, James Bird is of Ojibwe descent, and now lives in Massachusetts with his wife, the author and actor Adriana Mather, and their son.

A Book Riot Best New Children's Book
ASchool Library JournalBest Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year

Birds latest novel isa big-hearted story of growing up through hardship, told in language rich with metaphor and poetry.