The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora Horror_Gift_Guide Nova’s crown was more than

Nova’s crown was more than just a win for Nova

Sadie Barnette

and bad exes all stand in her way—not to mention a mysterious witch who might wind up stealing Shane’s heart

and haunted

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The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora Horror_Gift_Guide Nova’s crown was more thanFinalist for the 2025 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction War forced millions of Syrians from their homes. It also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself. In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make takes Syria's refugee outflow