If you participate in the video chat discussion, you might win a WVXU/D&M swag bag, including an upcoming Freedom Friends Book Club selection. Pick up a copy of Other Words for Home at the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, or our own little free library at Elementz, and make plans to join our Zoom at 7 p.m. Other Words for Home 2019 HarperCollinsENGLISH 368 Print Pages ratings (177) borrow by Jasmine Warga Newbery Honor Book 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. She now lives in the Chicago area with her family. Jasmine currently teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her next novel, A Rover’s Story, will be out in Fall 2022. The Shape of Thunder, her most recent book for middle grade readers, is a Junior Library Guild selection and Indie Next List Summer 2021 pick.
Warga is also the author of young adult books, My Heart and Other Black Holes and Here We Are Now, which have been translated into over twenty different languages.
Give me a story that speaks - that tells us to speak, to speak up! To speak loudly!” Give me a story with a love of life and a love of joy. “About seeing others clearly as you learn to see yourself clearly. “Give me a story about imperfect, loving families,” writes Jessia P. Other Words For Home earned multiple awards, including a John Newbery Honor, a Walter Honor for Young Readers, and a Charlotte Huck Honor. In simple, lyrical verse, Jude tells the story of how she came from there to here, a journey of self-revelation that leads her to a most unlikely place: center stage in the school musical. Meet Jude, the 12-year-old daughter of a Syrian refugee family finding their way in a new life in the Queen City.
Our last Freedom Friends Book Club pick of 2021 is Other Words for Home, the award-winning bestseller by Cincinnati native Jasmine Warga.
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