#Home of the brave katherine applegate full

An author’s note details the story’s roots at California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium. Occasional art by Santoso ( Wombat Underground) highlights the adorable protagonists. In this novel, told in free verse, an eleven year old African boy who has seen more than he should have seen and known great loss and sadness, opens our eyes to the horrors of war. Though humans make cameo appearances in this edifying novel about otter life, the focus remains rightfully on its enigmatic star: a lovable otter who not only survives against the odds but thrives. Home of the Brave/Applegate 1 Home of the Brave By Katherine Applegate Teacher’s Guide Note to Feiwel & Friends: Page references are for your use.

#Home of the brave katherine applegate full

the way/ her eyes were always/ full of questions”). Brief chapters that mimic the feel of each creature’s movements capture both the meal-focused musings of the hungry shark-a “soundless ocean ghost” stalking prey-and the playful naivete of Odder (named because of “the way/ the little pup never settled,/. Released back to the ocean, curious Odder spends her days reveling in her ability to “twist/ and pretzel and weave.” Despite warnings to “be afraid of the world,” the otter’s adventurous nature lures her and a cautious friend, Kairi, into deeper waters, where they encounter an adolescent great white that lands Odder back with the people who raised her. In Keks story, I hope readers will see the neighbor child with a strange accent. Writing in exquisitely descriptive free verse, Applegate ( Willodeen) delivers an uplifting tale of an inquisitive sea otter pup raised by scientists after being separated from her mother. Home of the Brave is Katherine Applegates first standalone novel.