Home Has No Borders

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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 todaythis 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 Batiya
• Fatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us and cocreator behind the Emmy-nominated miniseries Brown Girls
• Jasmin Kaur, celebrated author of When You Ask Me Where Im Going and If I Tell You the Truth
• Navdeep Singh Dhillon, author of Sunny Gs Series of Rash Decisions
• Nikesh Shukla, acclaimed author of Coconut Unlimited; The One Who Wrote Destiny; Run, Riot; The Boxer; and Stand Up
• Nisha Sharma, celebrated author of My So-Called Bollywood Life, Radha and Jais Recipe for Romance, and The Karma Map
• Rajani LaRocca, Newbery Honorwinning author of Red, White, and Whole
• Samira 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 ofSkunk Girl,That Thing We Call a Heart,Mariam Sharma Hits the Road, and The Marvelous Mirza Girls
• Tanuja Desai Hidier, critically acclaimed author of Born Confused and Bombay Blues
• Sarah Mughal Rana, author of Hope Ablaze
• Tanya Boteju, author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens and Bruised
• Tashie Bhuiyan, author of Counting Down with You, A Show for Two, and Stay with My Heart
• Veera Hiranandani, Newbery Honorwinning author of The Night Diary, How to Find What Youre Not Looking For, and Amil and the After
• Kanwalroop Singh
• Rekha Kuver

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

Author Bio

SamiraAhmedis theNew York Timesbestselling and award-winning author of the young adult novelsLove, Hate & Other Filters;Internment; Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know; and Hollow Fires.She is also the author of the middle grade fantasy Amira & Hamzaduologyand theMs. Marvel: Beyond theLimitcomic 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 onlineatsamiraahmed.com. SonaCharaipotrais the author ofSymptoms of a HeartbreakandHow Maya Got Fierceand coauthor ofThe Rumor GameandTiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series. She earned a masters degree in screenwriting from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. A working journalist,Sonahas held editorial roles atPeople,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 theNew York TimestoTeenVogue. 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.