![]() I found the poetry to be average, which always makes me wonder why the author didn't just write the story in prose, unless the poetry is exceptional. ![]() The book is written in verse, as you see from the quotes above. At one point in the story she has a conversation with a kind, but nerdy/misfit boy who points out that being different is a good thing. ![]() Through Jude the reader will find a sweet and unpushy character who is trying to do her best to fit in, despite the language and cultural differences. Review: This 2019 Newbery honor book is a perfect conversation starter for a middle school or young YA reader. Will she ever find any friends like those she had to leave behind? Will she be able to speak English well enough to try out for a part in the school play? "This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, more important, finding yourself." In America Jude is viewed as Middle Eastern, a term she'd near heard before. a thirteen-year-old teenager, and her pregnant mother leave behind their beloved Syria, her brother, and Baba (father) to move to America and away from the war that is raging nearer and nearer their city. His arms saying everything that his lips don't. ![]() You can smell the sprawling jasmine and the salt water ![]() It is almost summer and everywhere smells like fish, Title: Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga ![]()
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