Warga, Jasmine. Other Words for Home. HarperCollins. Poetic Narrative. 352 pages.

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Jude moves to Cincinnati with her mother leaving her older brother and father behind in Syria when the fighting in Aleppo creeps closer to their town. She must adjust to life in America, learn what it means to be labeled "Middle Eastern" in the US, and deal with a new school and her American cousin. Written in verse, this is a terrific middle school book about the immigrant experience.