📖 Other Words for Home

Jude never imagined she would be departing Syria for the seas, leaving her father and adored older brother behind. Jude and her mother are transferred to live with relatives in Cincinnati as things in her hometown start to get tense. America initially appears to be a fast-paced, boisterous place — Jude has always loved American movies, but they didn't completely prepare her for starting school in the US and for her new identity as a "Middle Eastern," which she's never known before. There are new friends, a brand-new family, and a school musical that Jude could just try out for, among other unanticipated surprises that come with this life. Maybe Jude can be accepted for who she truly is in America as well. I would recommend this story to readers because this is a story about losing and then finding home, and finding yourself.

裘德从未想过自己会离开叙利亚远渡重洋,抛下父亲和疼爱她的哥哥。裘德和母亲被转移到辛辛那提的亲戚家生活,因为家乡的局势开始变得紧张。美国最初似乎是一个节奏明快、人声鼎沸的地方--裘德一直很喜欢美国电影,但这些电影并没有让她完全做好在美国上学的心理准备,也没有让她对自己 "中东人 "的新身份做好心理准备。这里有新的朋友、全新的家庭,还有裘德可以试演的学校音乐剧,以及生活中其他意想不到的惊喜。也许在美国,裘德也能被接纳,成为真正的自己。 我推荐这个故事给读者,因为这是一个关于失去、然后找到家园,以及找到自我的故事。