{"product_id":"other-words-for-home-a-newbery-honor-award-winner-isbn-9780062747815","title":"Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and Newbery Honor Book!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Through Jude’s eyes readers see firsthand what it is to leave behind one’s beloved home and family as many refugees do every single day. Young readers will laugh with Jude, cry with her, and root for her every step of the way. A beautiful, powerful, and necessary book for all readers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAisha Saeed, New York Times bestselling author of Amal Unbound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Through Jude’s eyes readers see firsthand what it is to leave behind one’s beloved home and family as many refugees do every single day. Young readers will laugh with Jude, cry with her, and root for her every step of the way. A beautiful, powerful, and necessary book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAisha Saeed, New York Times bestselling author of Amal Unbound.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eOther Words for Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeously written middle grade novel with words that soar off the page. Jude’s story is a search for home, and an exploration of what happens when everything about home changes. Told in stunning verse and featuring an effortlessly lovable narrator, this book will be a staple of middle grade shelves for years to come.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Strolle,Teen Librarian, Glenside Public Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eOther Words for Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeously written middle grade novel with words that soar off the page. Told in stunning verse and featuring an effortlessly lovable narrator, this book will be a staple of middle grade shelves for years to come.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Strolle, Teen Librarian, Glenside Public Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eOther Words for Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a salve for the world we live in today. It’s a hope-filled story that doesn’t pander but instead peels back layers of culture and identity, fear and prejudice, exile and belonging, all wrapped around a young Syrian girl—Jude. Checked with equal parts fear and moxie, Jude is a heart trying to figure out how to beat outside the body. I ached for, but simultaneously found that though our stories are different, I \u003cem\u003eam\u003c\/em\u003e her. This is a necessary story. We’re lucky to have it in the world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Reynolds, award-winning, bestselling author of Ghost and Long Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a necessary story. We’re lucky to have it in the world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Reynolds award-winning bestselling author of Ghost and Long Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This powerful middle grade novel explores the complicated concepts of war and corruption, home, family, [and] belonging.... Highly recommended for all libraries, this title will easily find a home next to books like \u003cem\u003eRefugee\u003c\/em\u003e by Alan Gratz and \u003cem\u003eInside Out and Back Again\u003c\/em\u003e by Thanhha Lai.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Convincing and authentic, infused with thoughtfulness, humor, determination, and hope…. A realistic portrait of the strength it takes to move to a new country, as well as of the complicated dynamics between first- and second-generation immigrants.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jasmine Warga’s exceptional middle grade debut is a moving story about family, belonging, and the difficulty of straddling two cultures. The story is told in sure, thoughtful verse, with Warga skillfully drawing parallels between the political and social climates of both Syria and the U.S. through the eyes of an insightful and relatable main character, Jude.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Grochowski, Children's Specialists, McLean \u0026amp; Eakin Booksellers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eOther Words for Home\u003c\/em\u003e is like a family recipe. At the beginning you know that this is cared for, curated, and passed down. There is an heirloom quality to this story and yet it is fresh and modern. Jude’s immigrant story is rich and light and full of personality. At the end, Jude has developed her own sense of home; she is at home with herself. This is not just an immigrant story—it’s a LIFE story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmanda Connor, Kids Team Leader, Joseph-Beth Booksellers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[In] this timely book... rhythmic lines distill Jude’s deepest emotions…. Warga effectively shows, as she writes in an author’s note, that “children who are fleeing from a war zone... want the same things all of us do—love, understanding, safety, a chance at happiness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Warga portrays with extraordinary talent the transformation of a family’s life before and after the war began in Syria.… Her free-verse narration cuts straight to the bone... 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