In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. Now she’s missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home. But only he and his mother have survived. Applegate lives with her family in North Carolina.Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. "In Kek's 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 doesn't belong," she says. "Home of the Brave "is Katherine Applegate's first stand-alone novel. Katherine Applegate is the author of several bestselling series, including Animorphs, as well as "The Buffalo Storm, "a picture book. As Kek awaits word of his mother's fate, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his few friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country.īestselling author Katherine Applegate presents a beautifully wrought novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. Slowly, he makes friends: a girl who is in foster care, and old woman who owns a rundown farm, and a cow whose name means "family" in his native language. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter-cold and unkind. In America, he sees the snow for the first time, and feels its sting. a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers." - KLIATT Klappentext "The 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 Children's Books Like Hanna Jansen's Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You, the focus on one child gets behind those news images of streaming refugees far away." - Booklist "The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. is an almost lyrical story." - Voice of Youth Advocates "This beautiful story of hope and resilience. A memorable inside view of an outsider." - Publishers Weekly "Precise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story.
Kek is both a representative of all immigrants and a character in his own right." - School Library Journal, Starred Review Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it." - Karen Hesse
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