Home of the Brave
Applegate, Katherine
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BOOK SUMMARY
A deeply poetic and affecting novel about the contemporary immigrant experience.
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A man I helped to settle heretaught me a saying from Africa.Ill bet you would like it:A cow is God with a wet nose.Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now shes missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home. In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the wintercold and unkind. But slowly he makes friends: a girl in foster care, an old woman with a rundown farm, and a sweet, sad cow that reminds Kek of home. As he waits for word of his mothers fate, Kek weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country.
AUTHOR BIO
Katherine Applegate is the author of several bestselling series, including Animorphs, as well as the picture book, The Buffalo Storm (Clarion).Home of the Brave is Katherine Applegates first standalone novel. In Keks story, I hope readers will see the neighbor child with a strange accent, the new kid in class from some faraway land, the child in odd clothes who doesnt belong, she says. I hope they will see themselves.Ms. Applegate lives with her family in North Carolina.
BOOK REVIEWS
Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it.Karen Hesse Moving . . . Kek is both a representative of all immigrants and a character in his own right.School Library Journal, Starred ReviewPrecise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story. A memorable inside view of an outsider.Publishers WeeklyThis beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story.Voice of Youth AdvocatesThe boys first-person narrative is immediately accessible. Like Hanna Jansens Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You, the focus on one child gets behind those news images of streaming refugees far away.BooklistThe evocative spareness of the verse narrative will appeal to poetry lovers as well as reluctant readers and ESL students.The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books. . . beautifully written in free verse . . . a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers.KLIATT
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312535635
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312535636
Dewey Decimal: [Fic]
Library of Congress: bl2008033453
Book Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 267
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