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Other Words for Home

Jasmine Warga

4.47 AVERAGE

eesa_lv's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

roseshark's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cocozbooks's review against another edition

4.0

A wonderfully hopeful and honest juvenile fiction. Opens the heart to greater empathy for our immigrant population.

piyali's review against another edition

4.0

In gorgeous, lyrical prose and with a paucity of words, Jasmine Warga manages to convey the wide range of emotions that Jude, a young girl from war torn Syria, who leaves her father, brother, friends and all that is familiar to emigrate to America with her mother. Such a beautiful work. I commend this book to everyone who is interested in immigrant fiction.

tbkennedy's review against another edition

4.0

“Americans love labels.
They help them know what to expect.
Sometimes, though,
I think labels stop them from
thinking.”

Hurray for another beautiful book written in prose.

sargardoon's review against another edition

4.0

I need to be less homesick to write about how I felt reading this. So maybe later.

t2p's review against another edition

4.0

Another great novel-in-verse, this was a very quick, but lovely read. There is plenty to discuss and think about, but without feeling overly issue-laden. I loved the Arabic proverbs sprinkled throughout. l