home of the brave book by katherine applegate

Precise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story. Katherine Applegate is the author of The One and Only Ivan, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal. Kek endures a mixture of failures (he uses the clothes washer to clean dishes) and victories (he lands his first paying job), but one thing remains constant: his ardent desire to learn his mother's fate.

Prefaced by an African proverb, each section of the book marks a stage in the narrator's assimilation, eloquently conveying how his initial confusion fades as survival skills improve and friendships take root. This book title, Home of the Brave, ISBN: 9780312535636, by Katherine Applegate, published by Square Fish (December 23, 2008) is available in paperback. From the author of the Animorphs series comes this earnest novel in verse about an orphaned Sudanese war refugee with a passion for cows, who has resettled. An onslaught of new sensations greets Kek (“This cold is like claws on my skin,” he laments), and ordinary sights unexpectedly fill him with longing (a lone cow in a field reminds him of his father's herd when he looks in his aunt's face, “I see my mother's eyes/ looking back at me”). The boy has traveled by “flying boat” to Minnesota in winter to live with relatives who fled earlier. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents a beautifully wrought novel about an immigrants journey from hardship to hope. After witnessing the murders of his father and brother, then getting separated from his mother in an African camp, Kek alone believes that his mother has somehow survived. Katherine Applegate is the author of several best-selling young adult series, including Animorphs and Roscoe Riley Rules.Home of the Brave, her first standalone novel, received the SCBWI 2008 Golden Kite Award for Best Fiction and the Bank Street 2008 Josette Frank Award. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. ISBN: 9780312367657 (ISBN10: 0312367651) ASIN. As Kek awaits word of his mothers fate, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories, and belief. In her first stand-alone book, Applegate (the Animorphs series) effectively uses free verse to capture a Sudanese refugee's impressions of America and his slow adjustment. Editions for Home of the Brave: 0312367651 (Hardcover published in 2007), 0312535635.

Home of the brave book by katherine applegate