Amid the backdrop of a brutal civil war in their homeland of Syria\, the family of twelve-year-old Jude makes the cr ucial decision to send her and her mother to live with relatives in Cincin nati\, Ohio\, leaving her father and brother behind. Jude struggles to ada pt to living in a big city and starting school knowing almost no one. She narrates her own story in poetry form\, showing us how she encounters ster eotypes about being "Middle Eastern" and a new identity as an "Arab Americ an\," trying to fit into American culture while also keeping her family's heritage. Author Jasmine Warga has previously been nominated for the Maryl and Association of School Libraries' Black-Eyed Susan Award for children's literature\, and "Other Words for Home\," her first book for middle-grad students\, is a Newbery Honor Award winner.
\nIf you are in grades 4 \, 5 or 6 and love to read and have fun talking about books and characters \, No Shelf Control is the place for you! Each month\, students read a sel ected chapter book ahead of time and come to our meeting to discuss the pl ot\, the characters and their relationships to each other\, and other elem ents of a novel such as theme and setting. We also include in each session a game or activity related to the book or reading. Anyone ages 9-12 is we lcome any time!
\nYou can borrow a copy of the book (with a speciall y prepared reading guide just for our group) from the Connie Morella Libra ry\; just ask at the Check Out or Information Desks for the March book for No Shelf Control. You can also access the book through either of our two free apps: as an \;e-book \;or an \;e-audiobook \;on Hoopla\; or as an \;e-book \;or an \;e-audiobook \;on the Libby app or \;Overdrive website. If you get an e-version\, pleas e contact Librarian Jeff for the reading guide (jeffrey.coster@montgomeryc ountymd.gov). Even if you are not able to finish the reading\, please come anyway and see if No Shelf Control might just be the place for you! The b ook for the May 7 meeting will be handed out at this meeting\, and then av ailable to pick up from the Connie Morella Library by anyone who missed it .
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\nHave questions about this program? \;Contact the Connie Morella Library at 240-777-0970.
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\nPeople who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request \ ;English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation \;< /a>at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to at tend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager a t 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.
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