MARINA BUDHOS is the author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction. Her novels for young people are The Long Ride, Watched, Tell Us We're Home, and Ask Me No Questions. Her nonfiction books are Remix- Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers and two coauthored books, Eyes of the World- Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & the Invention of Modern Photojournalism and Sugar Changed the World, written with her husband, Marc Aronson. Budhos has received an NEA Fellowship in Creative Writing and has been a Fulbright Scholar to India and was a professor of English at William Paterson University.
"★ ""A triumphant tale about finding home."" —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ ""Budhos weaves a rich tapestry of words that navigates a yearning for acceptance, love, and the unerring need for freedom."" —Booklist, starred review ""The tightly wound plot creates an underlying tension as the young characters’ situations constantly unravel."" —The Horn Book ""[A] hopeful tale with a large cast of kind-hearted characters, whose boundless compassion for Rania and Kamal, and sense of helplessness in the face of an unfair and impossible government system, is palpable."" —Publishers Weekly"