#Home of the brave katherine applegate series#

is an almost lyrical story.' - Voice of Youth Advocates 'The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. A memorable inside view of an outsider.' - Publishers Weekly 'This beautiful story of hope and resilience. Kek is both a representative of all immigrants and a character in his own right.' - School Library Journal, Starred Review 'Precise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it.' - Karen Hesse 'Moving. Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.įrom the Back Cover When the flying boatreturns to Earth at last, I open my eyesand gaze out the round window.What is all the white? I whisper.Where is all the world? 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. 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. 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 snow for the first time, and feels its sting. Applegate) delivers her first stand-alone literary novel: a beautifully wrought story about an African immigrant to America, who makes a journey from hardship to hope.īestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope.

#Home of the brave katherine applegate series#

About the Book The author of the bestselling Animorphs series (written under the name K.A.