Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Other Words for Home

In this 2020-21 Great Stone Face nominee, we meet Jude - a young girl from Syria who moves to the United States.  Leaning English, living with her distant cousin, and navigating middle school are hard enough without the world looking at Muslims like they are the enemy.  She wants to be in the spotlight, but for good reasons, not bad.  She tries out for the school play and meets friends who share her experience as an immigrant or being different.  This story is a wonderful and touching story of accepting and loving who you are, but it is a bit mature in places when it speaks of WHEN a Muslim girl moves to wearing the head scarf.   It is a quick read, written in verse.  (FIC WAR)

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