Home of the Brave

Applegate, Katherine

ISBN 10 : 1613834780 ISBN 13 : 9781613834787

Editeur : Turtleback Books, 2008

Synopsis

"A man I helped to settle here"
"taught me a saying from Africa."
"I'll bet you would like it: "
"A cow is God with a wet nose."

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 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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. "In Kek's story, I hope readers will see the neighbor child with a strange accent, the new kid in class from some faraway land, the child in odd clothes who doesn't belong," she says. "I hope they will see themselves." She lives with her family in Irvine, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Turtleback Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1613834780
• ISBN 13: 9781613834787
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Nombre de pages: 267
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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