"Home of the Brave "is Katherine Applegate's first stand-alone novel. Katherine Applegate is the author of several bestselling series, including Animorphs, as well as "The Buffalo Storm, "a picture book. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents a beautifully wrought novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. As Kek awaits word of his mother's fate, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his few friendships, strength in his memories, and belief in his new country. Slowly, he makes friends: a girl who is in foster care, and old woman who owns a rundown farm, and a cow whose name means "family" in his 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. Nota de la solapa Kek comes from Africa.In America, he sees the snow for the first time, and feels its sting. a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers." -KLIATT Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, until he finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner. Like Hanna Jansen's Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You, the focus on one child gets behind those news images of streaming refugees far away." -Booklist"The evocative spareness of the verse narrative will appeal to poetry lovers as well as reluctant readers and ESL students." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books". is an almost lyrical story." -Voice of Youth Advocates"The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. A memorable inside view of an outsider." -Publishers Weekly"This beautiful story of hope and resilience.
Kek is both a representative of all immigrants and a character in his own right." -School Library Journal, Starred Review"Precise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story.
Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it." -Karen Hesse"Moving. 📘 Lee Ahora 📥 Download Home of the Brave de Katherine Applegateĭescripción - Críticas "Beautiful. Lee un libro Home of the Brave de Katherine Applegate libros ebooks, Home of the Brave Libro pdf gratis
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