![]() This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself. Other Words for Home tells the story of 12-year-old Jude, who lives with her family in a seaside, tourist town in Syria. 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. New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Other Words for Home audiobook, by Jasmine Warga. ![]() No one hears her reaction of surprise to this first sight of America. 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 Part 2 Summary & Analysis Part 2: Arriving Part 2, Poems 1-8 Summary On the long plane ride to Cincinnati, Ohio, Jude is amazed at how tiny / and far away everything appears out the window (61). ![]()
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