Home Has No Borders, Samira Ahmed
Home Has No Borders, Samira Ahmed
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Home Has No Borders

Author: Samira Ahmed, Sona Charaipotra

Narrator: Reena Dutt, Anil Margsahayam

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/13/2025

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Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra comes this uplifting contemporary teen anthology celebrating South Asian stories and writers. From first crushes to first heartbreaks, complicated family dynamics to community relationships, this powerful collection of stories explores race, class, culture, language, and the very idea of home as both a place and a feeling.Edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra and featuring some of the most acclaimed, bestselling South Asian authors writing for teens today—this is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it means to be South Asian.With stories by:Anuradha D. Rajurkar, award-winning author of American BetiyaFatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us and cocreator behind the Emmy-nominated miniseries Brown GirlsJasmin Kaur, celebrated author of When You Ask Me Where I’m Going and If I Tell You the TruthNavdeep Singh Dhillon, author of Sunny G’s Series of Rash DecisionsNikesh Shukla, acclaimed author of Coconut Unlimited; The One Who Wrote Destiny; Run, Riot; The Boxer; and Stand UpNisha Sharma, celebrated author of My So-Called Bollywood Life, Radha and Jai’s Recipe for Romance, and The Karma MapRajani LaRocca, Newbery Honor–winning author of Red, White, and WholeSamira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Hollow Fires, and the Amira & Hamza middle grade duology,Sheba Karim, award-winning author of Skunk Girl, That Thing We Call a Heart, Mariam Sharma Hits the Road, and The Marvelous Mirza GirlsTanuja Desai Hidier, critically acclaimed author of Born Confused and Bombay BluesSarah Mughal Rana, author of Hope Ablaze Tanya Boteju, author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens and BruisedTashie Bhuiyan, author of Counting Down with You, A Show for Two, and Stay with My HeartVeera Hiranandani, Newbery Honor–winning author of The Night Diary, How to Find What You’re Not Looking For, and Amil and the AfterKanwalroop SinghRekha Kuver
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.Praise for Magic Has No Borders:A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Teens 2023!“This anthology pushes the boundaries of fantasy, drawing on a broad range of settings, figures, and tales from South Asian religions, mythologies, and history...engrossing, and entertaining.” —Kirkus Reviews"This collection of short stories featuring South Asian characters and magic fills a void while celebrating culture and genre. As short story collections go, this strong selection featuring South Asian characters is joyous and original. Add it to the shelf." —School Library Journal"Editors Ahmed and Charaipotra have gathered a host of South Asian authors and illustrators to create a marvelous anthology, with fourteen fantasy and science fiction stories that deeply explore legends, myths, and historical events, all reimagined from different regions and cultures in the South Asian diaspora. Readers will indeed find magic within this breadth of stories." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

About Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the young adult novels Love, Hate & Other Filters; Internment; Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know; and Hollow Fires. She is also the author of the middle grade fantasy Amira & Hamza duology and the Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit comic series. She was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like fried onions, garlic, and potpourri. She has lived in New York, Chicago, and Kauai, where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. She invites you to visit her online at samiraahmed.com.

About Sona Charaipotra

Sona Charaipotra is the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce and coauthor of The Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series. She earned a master’s degree in screenwriting from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. A working journalist, Sona has held editorial roles at People, TeenPeople, ABCNews.com, MSN, several parenting publications, the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog (RIP), and, most recently, as senior editor of trends and features at Parents.com. She has contributed to publications from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She is a former We Need Diverse Books board member, and she cofounded CAKE Literary, a boutique book packager focused on high-concept diverse titles. Find her on the web talking about books, Bollywood movies, and chai. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristen on June 30, 2025

"Home Has No Borders" features several stories written by and featuring characters of South Asian people exploring their unique experiences. The book features stories that deal with love, relationships, bullying, racism, identity, acceptance, among other common themes of this genre. Some of the stor......more

Goodreads review by Nuha on June 27, 2025

Thank you to NetGalley and Harpers for the Advanced Reader's Copy! Now available. I greatly enjoyed this collection of short stories centering South Asian disaporic experiences of growing up! From queer coming out stories to grieving the loss of friends and family to confronting xenophobia, this coll......more

Goodreads review by Gabbie on May 26, 2025

3.5 stars! Overall, I enjoyed this and had fun reading all these stories, despite some of my ratings. Seven of swords: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ We dine with our dead - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ When durga devi weeps - ⭐️⭐️ Simar, Aaron, and the big punjabi wedding - ⭐️ You can’t go home again - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One island - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The big rig blues......more

Goodreads review by Meg on March 27, 2025

Genre: Anthology, Essays & Collections, Children & Teen/YA Pub Date: May 13, 2025 A beautiful & bittersweet collection of South Asian coming-of-age stories that explore what “home” really means during a time of diaspora. My absolute favorite story was: we dine with our dead by Kanwalroop Kaur Singh. I......more

Goodreads review by Joel on March 25, 2025

Not the target audience I guess, but it kind of felt repetitive. I get that the experiences are familiar to all foreigners but idk I guess I needed something more exciting in at least one of the stories. My favorite was the one of the tennis player that didn’t drive his teammates because he was insu......more