Other Words for Home audiobook

Perfection

The story is told from the perspective of Jude who had to leave Syria with her mother to America due to the uncertain situation rising up in her hometown, leaving her father, older brother, her best friend and her relatives behind.The themes handled in this book are coming of age; family bond; and most importantly the discrimination and the cultural differences which the immigrants have to face in another country.I appreciate how the adults and the education system were represented as. It's rational and motivational. What shook me the most was the way how immigrants get threatened for no fault of theirs. And what made me cry was the uncertainty of not knowing whether young adults and teenagers like the older brother in the story was dead or alive. It just broke my heart.But the book wrapped up well and good. It's beautiful and wholesome as well as educational and inspirational. Loved the book. It will take hardly 2 hours to read it

This was so, so good.

This was such a beautifully-told story about a young girl forced to move to America with her mother from Syria during uncertain unrest. Leaving behind her father and brother, Jude tries to fit in at the American school she has gone to.Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

I guess dinner tonight will be seasoned with my tears

4.5 starsloved this book!! it was short and sweet but still carried a lot of important messages. i found it fascinating to read from the perspective of what america is like for a young immigrant. from scenes in an ESL classroom to skype calls from syria, this book was emotional but also hopeful and sweet. i absolutely recommend it!

Wow. Wow. Wow.

4 stars 
Other Words for Home was a great middle grade about a young girl and her mom moving to America. One of my favorite things about this one is that it takes place in Clifton (a neighborhood in Cincinnati that’s near me) and it was fun to see Jude in places I knew. Audio book source: LibbyStory Rating: 4 starsNarrators: Vaneh AssadourianNarration Rating: 4 starsGenre: Middle GradeLength: 3h 50m

"I just want to live in a country where we can all have dinner again without shouting about our president or rebels and revolution." Instagram | youtube4.25/5 starsAs someone who doesn't read a lot of middle-grade, I was surprised to read a book so vulnerable, raw and realistic about Islamophobia. I think it's incredible that children, these days, get to read more diverse books like this when they're growing up. "Americans love labels. They help them know what to expect. Sometimes, though, I think labels stop them from thinking." Other Words From Home follows the story of Jude, a little girl from Syria who moves away from Home with her pregnant mother, leaving her father and revolutionary older brother behind. It follows Jude as she tries to keep her Muslim values under the racist pressure of an America post-terrorism. "Some days I still feel lost in the halls of school. I know where I am going but I can't shake the feeling that I won't, that I don't, belong in whatever classroom I end up in." As I said before, I completely adored this book. I thought the point of view of Jude was matured and contrasted; it showed that not all Muslims have the same experience, that all white people don't share the same views, and that mixed people are in trapped in between. The take was refreshingly unique and necessary. I can not stress that enough. "This is not about you. It is about one person's ignorance and fear." My only criticism with Other Words For Home was the format as it did nothing for me. The book is written in verses (sort off) but they don't rhyme, nor do they have an interesting rhythm. It felt more like an easy way to write short sentences than an artistic, necessary way to tell the story. It didn't feel any different from ordinary prose, only shorter.

This was amazing. I loved Jude's story so much and could not recommend this book enough!

This was such an important story, I really loved it!

4.5 StarsWell that was absolutely brilliant.The writing was fabulous and Jude was one of the most engaging characters I have ever read in a middle school novel. She drew me in with her strength and determination to make America her home despite the fears she had for the safely of her family in Syria

Stellar, breathtaking middle grade novel in verse. Adding to my 6th and 7th grade lit circle lists for next year!

The way to my heart is in verse.

written in verse and I absolutely loved it !!

SUCH. A. BEAUTIFUL. BOOK.I LOVE how the author represented a hijabi girl, who didn't take off her hijab for a white boy lol. A book about a Syrian refugee, who moves with her mom to America, leaving her older brother and father behind.Very heartwarming!