Title: Kisses from Katie
Illustrator: N/A
Readability Score: Grades 6 and up
Theme: giving up a comfortable life for a life God has planned
Genre: Non-fiction
Sub genre: Biography
Primary and secondary characters: Katie Davis is the primary character and the secondary characters are her parents, the children of Uganda, the people of Uganda
Awards: N/A
Publishing Company: Howard Books
Date of Publication: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4516-1206-6
Summary: This book is about how a nineteen year old girl visits Uganda for the first time. She is the narrator of the book as she tells us how she fell in love with the country and most importantly, its people. She comes back to the United States, where she lived a comfortable life of driving a nice car, being Homecoming Queen, had her future planned out, and had a great family and boyfriend. She makes the decision after she graduates to move there for a year and do mission work. Her parents were struggling with the idea of her moving there without them or anyone she knew and even could possibly be faced with danger at some point. Her mother agrees to go with her for a couple of weeks when Katie is given the opportunity to be a teacher at a village there. She goes and she never comes back as her heart is faced with leading many children to a better education and to the Lord. Katie also takes on the role of being a caretaker for many of these children as they have been declared abandoned.
This book takes students on a journey to another side of the world. They can see the life of a person from Uganda and how they live. They can see how Katie Davis spends her days teaching and taking care of her adopted children. This can be a fun read for students to do independently or in a group setting. When studying parts of the world, Uganda can be seen throughout the text and its descriptions.
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