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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