A review by aliferuz
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

5.0

An enjoyable one

This book is written with poem-like style and it's soooo beautiful. The fact that this is written from Jude's perspective, which is a middle grade kid, makes this book have that simple vibe yet there are so many lines that will surely touch your deepest heart.

The aching feeling is also there since this book is about a refugee during war. What war did to families. Also the journey of Jude finding another meaning of home in America, her uncle's house, school, and friends is beautiful and heartwarming.

There's this particular scene that I love the most. It shows how Jude being proud of who she is: a muslim

“That thing that also makes me angry, as angry as it makes them. I want women like Aunt Michelle to understand that it is not only women who look like them who are free who think and care about other women. That it is possible for two things to look similar but be completely different. That I cover my head like other strong respected women have done before me, like Malala Yousafzai like Kariman Abuljadayel like my mama. That I cover my head not because I am ashamed forced or hiding. But because I am proud and want to seen as I am.”