Kek’s character is so optimistic and pure that it makes your heart ache – it’s impossible not to root for him as he assimilates into his new home’s culture, attempting to make friends and school and find a job to help his family pay their bills. Readers get to experience the joy, confusion, and homesickness with Kek as he experiences distinctly American things that we never give a second thought – puffy winter coats, french fries, washing machines in the basements of our apartment buildings. Written in verse that’s not quite prose but not quite poetry, Home of the Brave follows Kek as he emigrates from his home in Africa and begins his new life in Minnesota with extended family that recently made the same journey. In Home of the Brave, author Katherine Applegate has taken the elusive, hard to understand, notoriously politicized topic of immigration and laid it out in a lovable, kid-friendly, incredibly human way. Fitz is Reading….” display, I got the same response – “I LOVE THAT BOOK!” And it’s easy to see why. We offer a Price Match Guarantee, and QuickQuote form, to make purchasing quick and easy.Every time a student saw this book sitting in my “Ms. Unlike Amazon and other retailers who may also offer Home of the Brave books on their website, we specialize in large quantities and provide personal service, from trusted, experienced, friendly people in Portland, Oregon. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days. This book title, Home of the Brave, ISBN: 9780312535636, by Katherine Applegate, published by Square Fish (December 23, 2008) is available in paperback. As he waits for word of his mother's fate, Kek weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country. But slowly he makes friends: a girl in foster care, an old woman with a rundown farm, and a sweet, sad cow that reminds Kek of home. 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. Now she's missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home. But only he and his mother have survived. Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother.
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