Home of the brave

"Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner."@en
"Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner."
"A beautifully wrought novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. Kek comes from Africa. There he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. Kek is on his own. Then he is sent to America to live with relatives and to await word of his mother's fate. In America, he weathers the tough Minnesota winter by finding warmth in his new friendships, strength in his memories and belief in his new country."@en