Home of the Brave (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312535636)

Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope.

Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter - cold and unkind.

In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. Kek is on his own. Slowly, he makes friends: a girl who is in foster care; an old woman who owns a rundown farm, and a cow whose name means "family" in Kek's native language. As Kek awaits word of his mother's fate, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country.

Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Katherine Applegate
ISBN-10: 0312535635
ISBN-13: 9780312535636
Publisher: Square Fish
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2008
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 118014 / Home of the Brave