Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga
32 Total Resources 14 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Middle Eastern
Year Published 2019
Word Count 30,180
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 930L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 504111
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Lists With This Book
- New Books and Resources Too! 6-12
- Best Children's Books of 2019
- 7th to 8th Grade GT Suggested Summer Rea
- 7th Grade Suggested Reading 2020-21
- CPL Best Fiction for Older Readers of 20
- Diverse Lit Kits, 5-8
- Middle School BOB 20-21
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Child
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Juvenile Fiction
- 3 Star Program, 2020 Middle Grade Nomine
- Juvenile Collection
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jasmine Warga about Other Words for Home
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jasmine Warga
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Activity Ideas from ESU #11 Battle of the Books
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Discussion Questions from Redeemed Reader
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Vaneh Assadourian
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Bethel Park Public Library Kids
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 14

Middle East Book Award, 2000-2020
Winner, 2020

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2021
Honor, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2020

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2020
Honor, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2021
Honor, 2020

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2020

Arab American Book Award, 2007-2020
Honor, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2020

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2021
Honor, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2020

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2019
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