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At a glance

Published
2019
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Subgenre
Contemporary
Words
30,180
Section
Middle Grade

Other Words for Home

Jasmine Warga

Twelve-year-old Jude leaves her father and brother in war-torn Syria and moves with her mother to Cincinnati, where she must learn a new language and culture and find her place in America.

  • Newbery Honor 2020
  • Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Honor 2020
  • NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2020
  • Walter Dean Myers Honor 2020
  • Charlotte Huck Honor 2020
  • ALSC Notable Children's Book 2020
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Themes

FamilyIdentityImmigration & refugeesRace & racism

Mood

Feels emotional, hopeful, reflective.

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