Between the Pages hosts author Jasmine Warga

Newberry Honor award-winning author Jasmine Warga, author of “Other Names for Home”, was the chosen author for Seven Hills’ fifth annual Between the Pages event for Middle and Upper School students. Before their session, Middle School students welcomed Warga with handmade signs, filling The Schiff Center’s theater with colorful paper waving through the air as she stepped onto the stage. After greeting the students, Warga discussed the long road from turning an idea into a novel. Warga specifically referenced how she tried to tell the story of Jude, a Syrian refugee immigrating to Cincinnati, authentically and respectfully, while she came to terms with her own identity as Jordanian-American. “Novels can give a singular story, but in that singularity, there is a voice and a face to the situation,” Warga said. After her presentation, Warga opened the floor to questions and answered questions from Middle School students.