Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

Catherine Applegate 's Story House is a story of Keck, an African boy who flee after losing his father and brothers. Ken currently in Minnesota is facing difficulties adapting to a new life and finding a missing mother. I believe he will enter the newly built family with him as soon as his mother is still alive. He was taken from the airport by a caretaker who took him to live with his aunt. Compared with his house in Sultan in Africa, Keck had everything that surprised him.

Author: Katherine Applegate (Katherine Applegate): 27 years in the shopping center behind the glass wall wall, Ivan is accustomed to humans, looking at him. He hardly thought of his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan took his place on television, Stella and Bob his friend, and a picture. But when he met a small elephant Ruby gathered from the wild, he was forced to see through their new eyes their houses and his art. Margarita Engle: When Tony's mother was sent to prison, he was sent to be with his uncle who had never met him in Sierra Nevada. This is a difficult move - Tony's new world has no similarities with his previous world. But slowly, in an unimportant situation, Tony's past problem scars began to heal.

Inspired by the real story, Applegate provides an unforgettable story from the Ivan's point of view. And it was confined to a small "field" of concrete, metal and glass. 27 years old Big Top Mall and video entered Ivan at exit 8 of the video arcade is Stella of an old elephant and Bob of a lively stray dog. When other animals perform, Ivan makes art, watches television, and makes a depressing assessment of their situation. When a curious little elephant ruby ​​arrives and Stella died negligently, her dying desire is to let Ivan help the ruby ​​escape. The short chapter reads like a free poem, and in extra line breaks between paragraphs moves the contrast between Ivan and man, he says. "As expected, there is obvious personalization, but Applegate was a great success in making a hero who understands humans and feels like a gorilla.8 - 12 years (January)