In the United States, they stay with Jude’s uncle and his family. As the environment gets too dangerous, Jude and her pregnant mother leave their family and home behind in order to move to the United States. Even though Jude is shocked by the war happening in the surrounding cities, her only desire – besides becoming a popular actress – is to have a peaceful family dinner in the evenings. She goes to the mosque and lives with her parents. She watches American movies with her older brother and her best friend, imagining to be a famous actress herself one day. The book follows the journey of a girl called Jude, who was born in Syria. The hardcover version of the book contains 352 pages, and the novel was written by Jasmine Warga, whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages and were even optioned for film. Purchase the Other Words for Home novel here.Other Words for Home is a fictional novel, published by Balzer+Bray in May 2019. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. 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.īut 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. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives.Īt first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud.

Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. How does the Boomerang fit into the Brave Writer complete language arts program? Learn more on our Getting Started page.Īll products are digital and downloadable. Beyond the Passage and Inside Scoop boxes.Notes about punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and literary devices.

4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation.

This guide contains the following features: It is geared toward young teens ages 13-14 and is the indispensable tool for Brave Writer parents who want to teach language arts in a natural, literature-bathed context. The Boomerang is a monthly digital downloadable product that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific novel.

Other words for home by jasmine warga