other words for home by jasmine warga pdf

This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven’t quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of “Middle Eastern,” an identity she’s never known before.īut this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives.Īt first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria.

This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book!Ī gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. ABC Book (2019) Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home (2019) Sharee Miller, Don't Touch My Hair. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honorwinning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healingand how friendship can be magical. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven't quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of 'Middle Eastern,' an identity she's never known before.īut this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria.

A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.

Other words for home by jasmine warga pdf