Other Words for Home

Warga, Jasmine

ISBN 10: 0062747800 / ISBN 13: 9780062747808

Published by Balzer + Bray, 2019

About this Item

Signed on the title page by the author, Jasmine Warga. New/unread US first edition, first printing of this Newbery Honor book. Top and bottom of spine of book and dustjacket have bruising and small indentation to bottom front and back boards. Two corners have light bruising. No award sticker attached. Seller Inventory # 019847

Bibliographic Details

Title: Other Words for Home

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A 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.

Jude 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.

At 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.

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. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is.

This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.

About the Author:

Jasmine Warga is the author of My Heart and Other Black Holes, which has been translated into over twenty languages, and Here We Are Now. Her debut middle grade book is Other Words for Home. She lives and writes in Cincinnati, Ohio. You can visit Jasmine online at www.jasminewarga.com.