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. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. From the Back Cover:īook Description Paperback. Applegate lives with her family in North Carolina. '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.

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.

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