This book is beautiful and inspiring, and will linger in your memory. ![]() We are supposed to be watching the animals, We must stand in line to get our tickets. My ESL class takes a field trip to the zoo. When Kek does get discouraged, when the difficulties seem insurmountable, we are pulling for him with all our hearts. And the reader will find his story uplifting as well. ![]() Kek's optimism in the face of overwhelming difficulties uplifts everyone around him, even the cow. We see the strange new world through his eyes, and see his inspiring ability to hold onto hope. The owner is old herself and isn't sure she can keep her farm, but while she does, Kek can help. No one told him that machine was only for clothes.īut then Kek sees something he does understand - a cow, old and neglected. He tries to help his aunt by cleaning her dishes in what people call the washing machine. The brightness of the snow burns his eyes. To say that winter in Minnesota is different from anything Kek has ever known before is an understatement. They too lost their family and home, and Ganwar lost a hand to the war. He is staying with his aunt and Ganwar, his older cousin who came to America before him. He last saw his mother in the refugee camp before the soldiers came there, too. War has made him lose everything - his father, his brother, his home, and their family's cows. ![]() Kek has come to Minnesota in winter from his home in Sudan. Sonderbooks Stand-out 2009: #1 Other Children's Fiction
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