Home of the brave

Title
Home of the brave

Personal Author EPSB
Katherine. Applegate

Summary
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, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.

Year Published
2007

Physical Description
249 p. ; 22 cm.

Edition
1st ed.

Age Interest level
Ages 9-12 years.

Grade Interest level
5-8

Program Information
Gr. 7+

Awards
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Honor Book, 2008

Subject
Immigrants -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
Schools -- Fiction.
 
Cows -- Fiction.
 
Hope -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction.

Summary
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, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.

ISBN
9780312367657

Publisher
New York : Feiwel and Friends, c2007.


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KildareF APPBook30138000077760Fiction