| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
342 pages ; 22 cm |
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Fiction |
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Age level: age Children |
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Age level: age Preteens |
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Educational level group: edu Fourth grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Fifth grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Sixth grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Seventh grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Eighth grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Middle school students |
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Educational level group: edu School children |
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National/regional group: nat Illinoisians |
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Gender group: gdr Women |
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age Children |
| Summary |
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises. |
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""I am learning how to be / sad / and happy / at the same time." Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies 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. But this life also brings unexpected surprises - there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude just might try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most important, finding yourself."--Jacket |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
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Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 5 (very hard) Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 5.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #504111. |
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Reading Counts 6-8 6.6 10 76911. |
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Lexile 930L. |
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F&P X. |
| Awards |
Walter Dean Myers Honor Book Young Readers Category, 2020 |
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Newbery Honor Book, 2020 |
| Subject |
Refugee children -- Juvenile fiction.
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Refugee children. |
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Refugee children -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Emigration and immigration -- Poetry.
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Syrians -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
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Syrians. |
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United States. |
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Syrians -- United States -- Poetry.
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Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Poetry.
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Ohio -- Cincinnati. |
| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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Fiction.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Balzer + Bray, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Warga, Jasmine. Other words for home. First edition (OCoLC)1198709180 |
| ISBN |
9780062747808 (hardcover) |
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0062747800 (hardcover) |
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