Jude excitedly tries out for the school play and despite warnings from some that she won't succeed, she nails the audition and is cast in a role. She is so happy but not everyone understands this meaningful rite of passage. Jude begins proudly wearing her hijab after her first period. Jude also finds true friendships with Miles and Layla.
She makes friends in her ESL class where Mrs. Jude has to navigate a new home, school, and culture while learning English.
Jude and her mother go to live in a historic section of Cincinnati called Clifton with their Uncle Mazin, his American wife Michelle, and their daughter Sarah. Her father stays behind to maintain the store and Issa stays to help in the war. Jude and her mother flee to the U.S. Jude's brother Issa is on the side of the rebels who dream of a democracy instead of Assad’s repressive regime. The family is happy to learn that their mother is pregnant! However, everything changes when the Syrian Civil War brings violence and unrest. She and her best friend Fatima act out songs and scenes from their favorite American movies and Jude dreams of becoming an actor. Her pretty coastal town is a popular tourist destination. Jude loves living by the sea in Syria. The increasingly violent Syrian Civil War forces her parents to make the difficult decision for Jude and her pregnant mother to flee to the United States to live with their uncle's family. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga is a free verse novel telling the story of 12-year-old Jude who lives with her family on a coastal town in Syria. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. But 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. 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. 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. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Published by Balzer and Bray/Harper CollinsĢ021-2022 Nominee - Intermediate SynopsisĪ 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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