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Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (2008, Paperback)
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- ISBN
- 9780312535636
- EAN
- 9780312535636
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Square Fish
ISBN-10
0312535635
ISBN-13
9780312535636
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66969672
Product Key Features
Book Title
Home of the Brave
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Animals / Cows, School & Education, People & Places / Africa, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it."-Karen Hesse "Moving . . . 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. A memorable inside view of an outsider."- Publishers Weekly "This beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story."- Voice of Youth Advocates "The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. 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 ". . . beautifully written in free verse . . . a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers."- KLIATT, The evocative spareness of the verse narrative will appeal to poetry lovers as well as reluctant readers and ESL students., "Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it."-Karen Hesse "Moving . . . 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. A memorable inside view of an outsider."- Publishers Weekly "This beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story."- Voice of Youth Advocates , Precise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story. A memorable inside view of an outsider., "Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it."-Karen Hesse "Moving . . . 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. A memorable inside view of an outsider."- Publishers Weekly "This beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story."- Voice of Youth Advocates , "Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it."-Karen Hesse "Moving . . . 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. A memorable inside view of an outsider."- Publishers Weekly "This beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story."- Voice of Youth Advocates "The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. 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 ". . . beautifully written in free verse . . . a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers."- KLIATT, . . . beautifully written in free verse . . . a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers., The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. 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., "Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it." -- Karen Hesse "Moving . . . 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. A memorable inside view of an outsider." -- Publishers Weekly "This beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story." -- Voice of Youth Advocates "The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. 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 ". . . beautifully written in free verse . . . a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers." -- KLIATT, "Beautiful. Thank you for publishing this book. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it."-Karen Hesse "Moving . . . 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. A memorable inside view of an outsider."-Publishers Weekly "This beautiful story of hope and resilience . . . is an almost lyrical story."-Voice of Youth Advocates "The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. Like Hanna Jansen'sOver 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 ". . . beautifully written in free verse . . . a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers."-KLIATT
Grade From
Fifth Grade
Grade To
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Synopsis
Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave , a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter - cold and unkind. In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. Kek is on his own. 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. 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. Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year., 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., Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave , a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter - cold and unkind. In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. Kek is on his own. 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. 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. Home of the Brave is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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- k***5 (2)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipped quickly. Books arrived in great condition, as described, packaged so thoroughly they would have survived being out on the porch in a thunderstorm. I'm nostalgic for the kind of computers I grew up with and it was great to find this old clip art catalog that brings back memories. Way cheaper than amazon!!!
- 3***3 (395)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseWas a fair price. Packaging was poor, shipping price high for such poor packaging. Card was taped to a thin piece of cardboard with the same thickness as the card. Card came in mail badly bent and warped. I was able to straiten it back out for the most part and sleeve it for a commander deck. Couldn't be used in tournament though. I reached out to seller and I was given a "sorry about that, we'll try to do better next time".
- o***d (1135)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExcellent seller. Fast shipping. Item as described! Smooth communication. Thank you. A+