“Every day,” Angelina tells her mother that she wants “to go home.” Her mother always answers that Angelina “is home now” (n.p.). But Angelina is homesick for her former West Indian home. She dreams of the food she used to enjoy and misses the sea, her school, the rainbow-colored birds, and her grandmother. Then, her mother reads about the Carnival. When Angelina dances in her beautiful costume, she finally accepts New York as her home. Glowing full-color illustrations in flat perspective highlight the contrast be tween Angelina’s homes. They are framed, like pages, in rectangular panels against solid colored backgrounds. 2008 Américas Award Commended Title. Jeanette Winter’s awards include the 2005 Flora Stieglitz Award for The Librar ian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq . hc, nrz