Slowly, he makes friends: a girl who is in foster care, and old woman who owns a rundown farm, and a cow whose name means "family" in his native language. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter-cold and unkind. In America, he sees the snow for the first time, and feels its sting. a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers.” ― KLIATT From the Inside Flap 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 “. is an almost lyrical story.” ― Voice of Youth Advocates “The boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. A memorable inside view of an outsider.” ― Publishers Weekly “This beautiful story of hope and resilience.
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. Thank Katherine Applegate for writing it.” ― Karen Hesse “Moving.
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