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Other Words for Home- Buckner Community Read Middle School Level

This list contains the Fall 2021 selection, Other Words for Home, along with information about the author, a discussion guide, similar reads, and fun activities.

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  • Jude and her mother are sent to a relative's home in Cincinnati with when her Syrian hometown is overtaken by violence.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019 — JF WARGA
  • Other Words for Home

    A Newbery Honor Award Winner

    Warga, Jasmine
    Get the Other Words for Home eBook.
    eBookHarperCollins, 2019
  • Get the Other Words for Home audiobook CD.
    Audiobook CD[New York, NY] : Harper Audio, [2019] — JF WARGA
  • Get the Other Words for Home downloadable audiobook.
    Downloadable AudiobookBalzer + Bray, 2019
  • Once you finish Other Words for Home, look over this discussion guide to talk about the book with a parent/guardian, friend, relative, or anybody who's read the book. Also, learn information about the author and try your hand at some fun…
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  • Read this fictionalized account of the author's childhood. It includes information about life in Iran, refugee camps and his experience as an immigrant in the United States.
    BookNew York : Levine Querido, [2020] — JF NAYERI
  • Lauren and Tara do everything together. They both try out for the same middle school musical about an "all American" girl in 1958. Feelings get hurt, however, when Tara lands the lead role. The teacher explains that Lauren, who is…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2020. — JF ROSENBERG
  • Written in verse, this book follows a young girl and her family's life in 1975 when they leave Vietnam and resettle in America.
    BookNew York : Harper, [2011] — JF LAI
  • This book uses free verse to show a Sudanese refugee's thoughts about America. Laced throughout the book is his hope that his missing mother will be found.
    BookNew York : Feiwel & Friends, 2007. — JF APPLEGATE
  • Rena finds herself torn between two worlds-1983 America, where she lives and India, where her parents are from.
    BookNew York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — JF LAROCCA
  • When the Syrian war plunders Amina's village, she must leave. During her journey, she stays strong by thinking of the warrior Zenobia.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Triangle Square, 2018. — JF DURR
  • This graphic novel follows the life of two brothers who flee Somalia and land in a Kenyan refugee camp.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020] — JF JAMIESON
  • Stormy Seas

    Stories of Young Boat Refugees

    Leatherdale, Mary Beth
    This book follows refugee stories, from 1939 to today, about young people setting sail to search for asylum.
    BookToronto : Annick Press, [2017] — 305.9 L483
  • This book explores the land, people and history of Syria.
    UnknownNew York : Children's Press, 2005. — 956.91 K961
  • I Am Malala

    the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

    Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-
    This book is about Malala Yousafzai and her fight for education in Swat Valley and the violence she faced.
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Little, Brown, and Company, 2013. — B Y883