“Hoping, I’m starting to think, might be the bravest thing a person can do. I am learning how it tastes - sweet with promise and bitter with responsibility.” I am learning how to say it over and over again in English. “These are words that I don’t quite know what they mean, HOLLY: Yes, I feel the hope throughout this book, which makes it a nice read for middle level students. “Mama says the word cake like it’s ordinary food, which is strange because everyone knows that cakes are made of magic.” In Other Words for Home they are concerns to think through and work on with a side dish of hope ever present. “My brother wants to see things change, and I just want to hear him laugh again.” This book deserves a spot on every library’s shelves. Told in the style of a poem, it was not only easy to read but impactful because of its simplicity. In a time of change, she must learn that possessing multiple lives does not inherently mean either one is better than the other. Jude is confronted with uncertainty - the uncertainty of the state of her home and family, of starting at a new school, of learning a new language, of being a middle eastern Muslim in a country torn with prejudices. Confronted with so many changes happening at once, young Jude must find who she is and who she wants to be. When a revolution in Syria disrupts the safety of her home, Jude and her mother seek refuge with her uncle in America. 1 minute review of the childrens book Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga.Type: childrens bookAges: 9 and upTags: Syria, war, refugee, new school, coming.
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