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Home of the Brave

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Jessa Wallendal, 2009

Home of the Brave

by Katherine Applegate

253 pages, grades 5-8

Winner of the Josette Frank Award for Fiction

Bank Street College Golden Kite Award for Fiction

A Book Sense Children's Pick

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now she's missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home in Minneapolis. In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter-- cold and unkind. 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. 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.