![]() ![]() When we think about what we admire the most about young people, so many things come to mind. At the same time, this book feels like a warm hug: There is genuine compassion, empathy, and kindness throughout. As they grapple with grief and follow their own questions, readers have a sense of how we might make space for young people to deal with trauma. The Shape of Thunder follows Cora and Quinn, neighbors and best friends whose lives are intertwined through childhood friendship, but may be irrevocably destroyed. Her poetic novel Other Words for Home won several awards, including We Need Diverse Books’ Walter Dean Myers Honor, for its telling of a young girl whose Syrian immigration story one that simultaneously nourishes and explores assimilation and identity. Warga is the author of The Shape of Thunder, a story told in two young girls’ perspectives in the aftermath of a school shooting. She follows the curiosities of her two young kids and follows the questions of all the students she writes for, because, to hear her tell it, she is an advocate for young people. ![]() Jasmine Warga follows difficult questions. ![]() The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga is on sale on May 11, 2021. ![]()
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