Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Even this description speaks volumes about the increasing differences between the two friends. (Part 1, Poem 4, Pages 9-10) Jude explains what she and Fatima eat and drink at snack time ( asroneyeh ). This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself. 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. / Or Fatima drinks tea and I drink sugar and mint / with a side of tea. 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. Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga Hardcover, 352 pages purchase If I were the questing type, the type who might travel to the peak of a very high mountain and demand things of the sky, I. In the context of the book, Jude is referring to the speaker whose voice she hears outside her window early in the morning. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Examples of Vocabulary from Other Words for Home Habibti: Arabic for 'sweetheart' Marhaba: Arabic for 'hello' Muezzin: A man who calls Muslims to prayer from the minaret of a mosque.

The story is about a family of Syrian refugees with Jude, a 12-year-old girl.

A gorgeously written, hopeful middle-grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the US, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Other Words for Home is a 2019 free verse childrens book by Jasmine Warga.

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