Other Words from Home Review
Other Words from Home Written by Jasmine Warga Bibliography Warga, J. (2019). Other words from home . Balzer + Bray an imprint of HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062869395 Summary Other Words from Home is a sweet coming of age historical fiction story about a Syrian girl, Jude, who leaves her home country of Syria to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in Michigan. She has come to America with her mother because her mother is pregnant and unsure about their continued safety in Syria which is in the midst of a devastating civil war. Jude is a confident, outspoken girl who has been silenced by the people and circumstances around her. Her father, out of an abundance of caution for her safety, frequently tells her, "'Jude, skety [be quiet],'/ and so I bite my tongue and it sometimes tastes/ even worse/ than the way the summer fish smell" (4). When Jude decides to try out for the school production of Beauty and the Beast , her Arabic American friend Layla tries to convince her ...
