![]() ![]() This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself. Favorite Quotes: Hoping, I’m starting to think, might be the bravest thing a person can do. ![]() Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. Themes: Other words for Home includes many appropriate and wonderful themes for Middle Grade readers including empathy, kindness, resilience, determination, bravery, acceptance, fitting in, friendship, family, bullying, prejudice, and hope. 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. The author, Jasmine Warga captures Judes. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Jude & her mother escape from Syria to America when it becomes too violent for them to remain safe at their home. 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. ![]()
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