Home of the Brave
Square Fish · Paperback · December 23, 2008
Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope.
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s uncertain new beginning meets the slow warmth of friendship, memory, and belonging.
- Themes
- Immigration and belonging, Family separation, Friendship and hope
- Pacing
- Steady
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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.
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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.
Winter and Welcome
A child’s uncertain new beginning meets the slow warmth of friendship, memory, and belonging.
Come here for
- The bite of a Minnesota winter seen through unfamiliar eyes
- A tender look at finding connection in a new country
Expect
- Hardship balanced with friendship and hope
- A sustained, intimate story of waiting and belonging
Where it sits
| Immigration & Moving | 100% |
|---|---|
| Orphans & Foster Kids | 54% |
| Stories Set in Africa | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Stories
- Stories Set in Africa
- Immigration & Moving
- Authors
- Katherine Applegate
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- December 23, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Immigration and belonging · Family separation · Friendship and hope
- Reading lane
- Family Stories