![]() His aunt works shifts at a nursing home and is tired all the time. Minnesota is a bewildering place, with trees that “die” in the winter, electric lights that come alive at the push of a switch, a “magic water pot” which fills with hot water in the special bathing room in his aunt’s house, and cold, wet snow. After losing most of his family in the war, Kek is reunited with his maternal aunt and her son, Ganwar, in America. He adores their nomadic way of life, moving with the seasons to where their precious cows can find food and water. Kek and his family belong to a tribe of cattle herders. Burdened by his losses, Kek learns to keep his hope alive as he adjusts to life in America. A bewildering stint at a refugee camp is followed by an even more unsettling relocation by “flying boat” to America. ![]() He witnesses the murder of his father and brother. ![]() Kek is a Sudanese boy adrift in the world. ![]()
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