Home of the Brave
by Katherine Applegate
Taste attributes: familydramafresh & originalwholesomerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connections
Boxlist takeAn intimate family novel, wholesome rather than dark. Best if you like warmth over edge.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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5.0 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Katherine Applegate
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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