A review by eponineeurydice
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

5.0

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.