Home of the Brave

Title: Home of the Brave
Author: Katherine Applegate
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

You would like this book if:

• You like animals.
• You are interested in refugee's experiences moving to America or Minnesota.
• You like novels in verse.
• You enjoy when the author is creative with the words he/she uses.

You wouldn't like this book if:

• You like to read books with a lot of action.
• You don't like animals or feel emotional attachments to them.

Kek has lived in two very different places: first in his homeland of warm, sunny Africa and now as a refugee in bitter cold Minnesota.  There is very little about his new life that reminds him of home: not his cousin, not his only friend (a young girl living in foster care), and definitely not school.  Kek has a lot to learn about America, and he can't wait to teach his mother.  Except, he hasn't heard from her yet and worries he might not ever again.  But there is one thing that makes him happy in his new home-Gol, the cow.  I know you are thinking that this book sounds terrible, but it is very heart-warming and I wouldn't be surprised to hear your smiled when you finished it.
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