This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself. Let me preface this review with this, this book is appropriated for girls 7&8th grade and older and the main character is Muslim. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. But this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for.

The American movies that Jude has always loved haven't quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of 'Middle Eastern,' an identity she's never known before. Frank Baum: A little girl Dorothy came to a beautiful and magical country of Oz on a cyclone and wanted to go back home to Kansas.

This book deserves a spot on every librarys shelves. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Told in the style of a poem, it was not only easy to read but impactful because of its simplicity. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. My son’s (6) review of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. Annotation: A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.

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