num_pages: 352
description: A stirring hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family who move from Karachi Pakistan to Peachtree City Georgia from Reem Faruqi ALA Notable author of the award-winning picture book Lailahs Lunchbox. Powerful and charming Other Words for Home meets Front Desk in this debut middle grade novel in verse about finding your footing in a new world.From Pakistan to Peachtree CityNurahs stirring story of finding your place.When Nurahs family moves from Karachi Pakistan to Peachtree City Georgia all she really wants is to blend in but she stands out for all the wrong reasons. Nurahs accent floral-print kurtas and tea-colored skin make her feel excluded and shes left to eat lunch alone under the stairwell until she meets Stahr at swimming tryouts. Stahr covers her body when in the water just like Nurah but for very different reasons.But in the water Nurah doesnt want to blend in: She wants to stand out. She wants to win medals like her star athlete brother Owaiswho is going through struggles of his own in Americayet when sibling rivalry gets in the way she makes a split-second decision of betrayal that changes their fates.As Nurah slowly begins to sprout wings in the form of strong swimming arms she gradually gains the courage to stand up to bullies fight for what she believes in and find her place.
language: English
title: Unsettled
publisher: HarperCollins