Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Home of the Brave


by Katherine Applegate
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Genre: Poetic Novel

Kek arrives from Africa to the United States without his family. He knows his brother and father are dead and holds on to hope that his mother will be found in another refugee camp and join him later. With the help of his cousin, aunt, his ESL teacher, and a cow named Gol, he attempts to create a new life for himself in a country he doesn't always understand.

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