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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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
This book was beautiful. It's amazing how much emotion can be felt in so few words. 5 stars all the way.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I wound up liking this more in the 2nd half, but I had trouble with the book at first. It is told in verse, and that didn´t feel right for me when I started the book. It didn´t feel like that format was right for this story. It covers such a heavy topic, but everything wraps up pretty easily and neatly, which makes it feel less authentic. Rating 2.5*
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
A girl from my choir of 200, who still remains nameless to me, told me that this was her favorite book. I hope I can track her down and thank her eventually, because this. Was so good. The verse was gorgeous, the story was beautiful and the main character's wish to be a movie star was so true and real. If you're looking for a good middle-grade, a novel in-verse or an authentic and beautiful refugee story... it's this book, friends. I read it so quickly, it was such a pageturner and such a lovely story. It was real enough that it saddened me, but also hopeful. It touched on so many important themes. I just really adored it.
Do not squint in the spot light, stand tall.
Other words for home is the story about a girl who finally finds out exactly what home means. This book is about generosity, about what it means to be a muslim girl in America, when one is coming from a country ravaged by war.
The events in the story are told by Jude, a girl on the brim of teenage hood, in love with the simple life her family has. Although, at the beginning she does not understand why she must leave her home in Syria and travel across the world to America.
Some family members in America are, at the beginning, reluctant to have them, do not understand why they must host a mother and a girl. Still, in this land where they claim to be free, she learns about prejudice, about hate, about what some Americans find normal. She learns what it is like to be a Muslim girl in a country that labels everyone, how to make new friends and that sometimes we feel like we do not belong here.
Layla is her connection to home, a girl who wants to feel like she belong to muslim land although she was born in America. Sarah, Jude's cousin, is a girl with a muslim father who wants to learn about her parent's culture, wants to feel closer to a culture she judges, but does not understand.
I know that wearing a hijab is a choice, that some girls dream about the day their mother will drape the scarf around their head, but I also know that there are people who see the hijab as oppression. I am glad this book taught me what freedom of choice is and that a woman can be powerful no matter what they choose to wear.
I highly recommend you listen to this as an audiobook. The narrator's voice is a dream.
Other words for home is the story about a girl who finally finds out exactly what home means. This book is about generosity, about what it means to be a muslim girl in America, when one is coming from a country ravaged by war.
The events in the story are told by Jude, a girl on the brim of teenage hood, in love with the simple life her family has. Although, at the beginning she does not understand why she must leave her home in Syria and travel across the world to America.
Some family members in America are, at the beginning, reluctant to have them, do not understand why they must host a mother and a girl. Still, in this land where they claim to be free, she learns about prejudice, about hate, about what some Americans find normal. She learns what it is like to be a Muslim girl in a country that labels everyone, how to make new friends and that sometimes we feel like we do not belong here.
Layla is her connection to home, a girl who wants to feel like she belong to muslim land although she was born in America. Sarah, Jude's cousin, is a girl with a muslim father who wants to learn about her parent's culture, wants to feel closer to a culture she judges, but does not understand.
I know that wearing a hijab is a choice, that some girls dream about the day their mother will drape the scarf around their head, but I also know that there are people who see the hijab as oppression. I am glad this book taught me what freedom of choice is and that a woman can be powerful no matter what they choose to wear.
I highly recommend you listen to this as an audiobook. The narrator's voice is a dream.