Berger renders a family’s migration journey with delicate consideration in this quietly hopeful story. . . . In distinctive collages, multicolored found papers mingle with intricate pochoir for a highly texturized three-dimensional effect. Spotting the child’s cloud dove and other skyward objects adds an interactive element across this uplifting meditation on home’s anchoring aspects.
—Publishers Weekly
Berger’s spare text deliberately frames migration as a child’s emotional experience of upheaval, endurance, and tentative belonging. . . . Collaged houses, trees, and landscapes made from found papers and patterned scraps create textured, emotionally rich scenes, while Sofia and her family, with tan skin and dark hair, appear as watercolorlike figures crosshatched with fine linework.
—School Library Journal
The story is moving, and Berger’s mixed-media art is breathtaking. Delicate images are set on lushly textured expanses. . . . A touching tale of migration. . . .
—Kirkus Reviews
Berger’s elegant artwork uses collage, found ephemera, pochoir and paint to create many textures, patterns, and moods. A reassuring picture book about finding hope and new beginnings.
—Booklist
Berger adeptly uses cloud formations to convey Sofia’s experience of displacement, crafting a sky that indicates fear, hope, patience, and, at last, safety. Paper ephemera, detailed stenciling, and airy paint work provide depth and texture. Resonant and heartening.
—The Horn Book