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Being Home

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Being Home by Traci Sorell, a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree for her nonfiction work, was illustrated by Michaela Goade, aCaldecott Medalist and #1 New York Times Bestselling illustrator of Kirkus Prize Finalist We Are Water Protectors,. Being Home is the story of a young Cherokee girl’s experience leaving behind bustling city life. Told through the girl’s perspective, the narrative follows her as she says goodbye to a different life in the busy city and begins the drive to her family’s ancestral homeland, looking forward to life in new surroundings—family gatherings, cultural traditions, and the slower rhythms of Cherokee life. By the journey’s end, the girl embraces her new home, filled with opportunities to reconnect with the land, relatives, and the deep sense of belonging that comes from knowing where you come from.

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