![]() ![]() Our reading of Home of the Brave will air over the next 4 Saturdays on The Children’s Corner and on February 25th the author, Katherine Applegate will join us for a live conversation.Īpplegate, is the author of Wishtree, Crenshaw, The One and Only Bob, and her Newberry award winning book, The One and Only Ivan, all which have been featured on Children’s programming here at Montana Public Radio.Īlong with her husband, she has also authored the "Animorphs" series. Kek is a refugee from the brutal war in Darfur and after watching his father and brother being killed and becoming separated from his mother, finds himself in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the middle of winter. Home of the Brave is a 2006 American drama film following the lives of four Army National Guard soldiers in Iraq and their return to the United States. This book would pair up great with A Long Walk to Water. Vicki will feature a concurrent reading of Home of the Brave on The Pea Green Boat beginning the week of February 6. Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate was a beautifully written novel in verse about Kek and his struggles to fit in, learn a new language, and make America feel like his native home of Sudan. on the Children’s Corner as we begin our reading of Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate. Join us this Saturday, February 4th at 8 a.m. In his next ESL class, Kek uses his interview assignment to talk about his new job tending to the cow on Lou’s farm. ![]()
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