Home Is Not a Country
by Safia Elhillo
26 Total Resources 7 Awards 4 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- African American
- Muslim
Year Published 2021
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Muslim families--Juvenile fiction
- Hate crimes--Fiction
- Muslim families
- Hate crimes
- High school students
- Hate crimes--Juvenile fiction
- Children of immigrants--Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Muslim families--Fiction
- High school students--Fiction
- High school students--Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Children of immigrants--Fiction
- Children of immigrants
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Safia Elhillo about Home Is Not a Country
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Safia Elhillo
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Readings 3

Video Book Reading narrated by Safia Elhillo
Created by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing

Complete Video Reading of "The Airport" narrated by Safia Elhillo
Created by Random House Kids

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Safia Elhillo
Created by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing
Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Underlined
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Honor, 2022

Arab American Book Award, 2007-2022
Winner, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2022

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2022
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