![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga is a middle-grade novel in verse about a young refugee’s journey from Syria to America and from childhood to young adulthood. To protect her and her pregnant mother, Jude’s father decides to send them away from Syria to live with her uncle in America. The newspaper starts to talk about a civil war erupting in her country. He talks about overthrowing the president, words that can get someone thrown into jail - or worse. Her gentle older brother starts to argue with their parents about freedom and democracy. Her hometown is a picturesque seaside town full of hotels, tourists and ice cream. Jude is a typical 12-year-old: She loves hanging out with her best friend, begging for chocolate bars at her father’s shop, she loves pop music and movies starring Reese Witherspoon. Is it the place where you are or where you come from?Ĭan a strange new country ever feel like a place that you belong? ![]()
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