This was a phenomenal novel in verse by Jasmine Warga. What really got me was when Papa got to see his new daughter through video. I was nervous for him as he was in a quite dangerous part of their homeland. Her love and hope for her brother to be safe was something else. There were many beautiful lives that resonates with the feelings and emotions of Jude throughout the book. In America, she learns a lot about herself and knows that it’s okay to have more than one home. My Thoughts: Jude is self-less, courageous, and utmost brave as she flees her homeland of Syria, to live in the city of Cincinnati in America. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. It also teaches wonderful lessons about change and. But this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. A wonderfully crafted book to engage girls in understanding refugees and coming of age in other cultures. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven’t quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of “Middle Eastern,” an identity
But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives.Īt first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria.
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