Connecting both Glennon’s and the dictionary’s definition gives a complete picture of brave for me. Glennon Doyle Melton says, “Brave is listening to the still small voice and DOING AS IT SAYS.”
But that image of being brave feels incomplete to me. This calls to mind scenes from movies like Braveheart or Gladiator. The dictionary defines brave as having the mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty.” a thought-provoking book about a topic sure to evoke the empathy of readers.In my work I talk a lot about helping you find your brave but what does that mean? What does being brave really mean? "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 Kek will be instantly recognizable to immigrants, but he is also well worth meeting by readers living in homogeneous communities." - School Library Journal "Readers older than the stated age range would surely enjoy such a beautiful story." - Children's Literature The book highlights the importance of attitude to success, a life lesson worth repeating as well. "This book would make a great read-aloud as well as a discussion starter on the reasons why people choose to immigrate or how they might feel in a strange land. 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 boy's first-person narrative is immediately accessible. A memorable inside view of an outsider." - Publishers Weekly "Precise, highly accessible language evokes a wide range of emotions and simultaneously tells an initiation story.
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