Home of the Brave by Say, Allen

Title: Home of the Brave

Author: Say, Allen

Illustration: Allen Say

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Comments

Of all of Say’s books this is my least favorite. I don’t hate it. It is just hard to follow. After a kayaking accident a young man experiences the feelings of children in an interment camp and children on and Indian Reservation. The storyline is impossible to follow. The plot line is made only slightly easier after reading the postscript and the dust cover. Once the reader understands the story, it becomes quite beautiful. The reader is able to move past numbers and statistics. The feelings of the children in the story become the focus. The story is haunting and tugs at your heart. I doubt that many readers will put as much effort into understanding this book, but if you do it, you won’t be disappointed.