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I think this because it’s noting character change and it’s using text evedanse and what I think about it.

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This is my best post because I predicted that it was part of his family’s clothing and I realized this because he carries it everywhere

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I think this is a good post because it connected to another part of the text

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I think this post is my best post because it shows all that is happening in the scene and really explains why this scene is such a huge part from the story.

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I think this is my best post because I connected Gol and Gol(family) from Kek’s old life

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I think its a pretty good post because it shows ganwar and kek and how they act.

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I think this is my best post because I didn’t do a fact post and it was my only climax post

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This is my best post because I wasn’t posting about the plot and I am using a good described simile.

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This is one of my good posts because I noticed that he didn’t want to be with Gol, even though he named her family, and he normally would be happy to see her! He isn’t though, so that is a character trait change!

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I think this is my best post, because it didn’t say, in the book, that it was a symbol of Kek’s mom. I had to stop and think about it.

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The greatest prediction the Time kek was at lous house the final time

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I think this is the best post because, it shows me that, Kek remembers his past and that he is staying strong while dealing with his problems.

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I thinkthis  is my best post because it shows what could happen when kek chooses to be positive or a downer.

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This is important cause this got Kek and Ganwar through a lot and it shaped Ganwar into someone better.

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I this is a good post because it shows how how Ganwar built up Kek’s confidence. I also think this is a good post because it connects to when Ganwar told Kek some advice which would make Kek fit in school.

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I think this is a good post because this is a proverb and we know that proverbs in books get you thinking and gives you important information.

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Kek looks at the picture of Lu and her husband. When Kek see it he realizes that outher people have problems to. I think that this is important/good because it connects to the theme and it’s something that kek relized.

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I noticed that Katherine Applegate begins of the story when Kek was looking at the trees and thoughts that his mom was not dead earthier. I think the reason why the author did that was to show you early on that Kek try’s to find hope in every thing.

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Kek feels at home on the farm and feels connected with gol and ganwar they are all scared mentally and or fisicley I think kek might value his work on the farm like he has valued school and Hanna’s friendship

I think this post is good because  I give an idea that Kek feels at home,connected and,he might value it.

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I think this post is good because how thoughtful Kek was and how he realizes that they did something for him so Kek did something for them!!!!

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I think this is and important post because although, Katherine Applegate showed this in a fictional story, it is also a realistic life lesson.

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I think this is good because it connects stuff to show you that there is still some home with him

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I think this is a good post because it can make a topic and I related to something meaningful in the book.

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I think when it says she jumped around the whole school non stop its symbolizing she kept on trying to make friends and changing herself but they always ignored her

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The girl now regrets the day she didn’t except maya she wishes for another chance i think that the kindness lesson taught the girl that you should give everyone a chance she lost her chance

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I think that even though Kek is the main character the different parts of the story may be relating to Ganwar. For example in part 1 Ganwar is very pessimistic about everything, in part 2 he is still not optimistic, but not as much of a pessimist. Now in part 3 he is actually a little optimistic about some things, I think this will continue happing in the parts of the book. The reason he is becoming more optimistic is because of Kek and how kind he is to him. Kek got Ganwar a job at the farm because he knew that Gol would make him happy.

-Rhyley

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For me naming the cow Gol (family) is symboling that the cow is sorta like another family member to Kek cause his family’s falling apart and he rarely gets to see them.

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I think ganwar is only working on the farm to get out of the job Dave gave him (this is akshay not bo)

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I think Kek is getting more friends.

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I think that when both of them got a job it will make Ganwar a better person

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I think that kek got the job for Ganwar to make him feel better about him self I also think Ganwar is a little more optimistic and accepting

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I think ganwar is gonna like working at the farm because he has a lot of experience with animals

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Kek and Ganwar feels like they belong at the farm because they are happy to see cows again, and it reminds them of when they were in Africa.

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I think it is important that the ESL group voted for gol as the cow’s name ,because it shows that family is important to them as well. It also shows that they understand Kek ,because they have had similar experiences to Kek

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It seems that Ganwar obviously hates America.I think he even makes bad decisions intentialy even though he knows he shouldnt.But now with the influence of Kek he is starting to like this new country.

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I think the quote is important because it is saying that don’t not do something because you are afraid of a little fear. This could be showing that a character isn’t doing something because they’re afraid of the result. I think this character is Ganwar. I think this because hi is not good at doing thee right thing. He might have a good reason. This makes me realize that he Might not have a good influence with his mother always away. Maybe Kek could be the good influence.

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Kek feels at home on the farm he relates with gol and ganwar they are all scared mentally and fisicliiy I think kek will value the farm like  he valued schooling and I think Hannahs friendship

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A man I helped to settle here
taught me a saying from Africa.
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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.

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"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

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Katherine Applegate

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.

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"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

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Ganwar is learning how speshel his brother is this shows that kek could be changing  Ganwar to be and think more positive.                                         -Tatum

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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.

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Praise for Home of the Brave

"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

Reviews from Goodreads

Katherine Applegate

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.

Katherine Applegate

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"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

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I think that Ganwar and Kek always had an invisible connection. Now though the farm brings them together.

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I think Ganwar feels more belonging now. I think its different then Kek though. Kek feels belonging because of the cow and school. Ganwar feels belonging because he feels equal to Kek now that he has the same job as Kek.

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I think that Ganwar is going to change because he actually wanted to come and see the cow, this shows that to me he is changing

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ISBN: 9780312535636
272 Pages, Ages 10-14

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.

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Praise for Home of the Brave

"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

Reviews from Goodreads

Katherine Applegate

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.

Katherine Applegate

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Square Fish

ISBN: 9780312535636
272 Pages, Ages 10-14

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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

Teacher's Guide

From the Publisher

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g Trade Paperback $8.99 Square Fish Square Fish ISBN: 9780312535636 272 Pages, Ages 10-14 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.