Young Kek is a Sudanese refugee, sent to
a new home in Minnesota after losing his father and brother to civil war and
getting separated from his mother. Arriving in the cold claw of winter, he
wonders if he will ever feel at home. He finds friendship in schoolmate Hannah
and in caring for a neighbor’s old cow, and, as hard as it is, he brings a
sweet humor and perspective to mistakes he makes in language and custom. In Home
of the Brave, a middle grade novel told in spare, lyrical prose, author
Katherine Applegate crafts a memorable portrait of a newcomer to America. Ages
9-14.
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