![]() ![]() Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. 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. 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. ![]() But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – cold and unkind. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrants journey from hardship to hope. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. 3 Sudan Sudan is the largest country in Africa and almost the size of. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. The main character of the book is from the country of Sudan on the continent of Africa. ![]()
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