Home Has No Borders

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. May 2025.

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Anuradha D. Rajurkar

is an award-winning author of fiction for young adults. Her debut, American Betiya (Knopf), was named a Best Book by the American Library Association (YALSA), Bank Street, and included on Cosmopolitan's 125 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time list. Born and raised in the Chicago area to Indian immigrant parents, Anuradha earned two degrees from Northwestern University and for many years had the joy of being a public school teacher by day, writer by night. She hopes her stories inspire teens to embrace their unique identities and inner north star.

TEMPORARY BODIES (Knopf)

by Anuradha D. Rajurkar, is a YA gothic thriller about a teen girl who seeks a fresh start in India after the death of her sister, but discovers that the abandoned building her parents are renovating into a boutique hotel has a dark history as a birthing hospital, haunted by restless spirits and the twisted legacy of colonialism.

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The Reviews Are In!

Critics hail American Betiya as “a heartbreaking, unflinching debut” and “a bold coming-of-age piece” (BuzzFeed), while readers rave that Rajurkar’s lyrical prose is “thoughtfully written” and exceeded every expectation.

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