Rez Dogs

De: Joseph Bruchac

Narrado por: Joseph Bruchac

Renowned author Joseph Bruchac tells a powerful story of a girl who learns more about her Penacook heritage while sheltering in place with her grandparents during the coronavirus pandemic.

Malian loves spending time with her grandparents at their home on a Wabanaki reservation—she’s there for a visit when, suddenly, all travel shuts down. There’s a new virus making people sick, and Malian will have to stay with her grandparents for the duration.

Everyone is worried about the pandemic, but Malian knows how to keep her family safe: She protects her grandparents, and they protect her. She doesn’t go out to play with friends, she helps her grandparents use video chat, and she listens to and learns from their stories. And when Malsum, one of the dogs living on the rez, shows up at their door, Malian’s family knows that he’ll protect them too.

Told in verse inspired by oral storytelling, this novel about the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the ways in which Indigenous nations and communities cared for one another through plagues of the past, and how they keep caring for one another today.

**Four starred reviews!**

Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction & Poetry Honor

NPR Books We Love

Kirkus Reviews Best Books

School Library Journal Best Books

Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Younger Readers

Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist

Nerdy Book Club Award—Best Poetry and Novels in Verse

©2021 Joseph Bruchac (P)2021 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts Award

NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books

North Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee

Wisconsin's Just One More Page Reading List

Pennsylvania's Young Readers Choice List Nominee

★ “Hidden throughout this moving novel in verse, old stories are discovered like buried treasures.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ “Bruchac intricately interweaves past and present stories . . . in this rewarding intergenerational narrative.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Deftly handles weighty issues and provides readers a story they can connect with . . . [A] dose of hope for the future."—School Library Journal, starred review

It was a deep story

I love the chapter Malians story. I also like how they added the different story’s

There teacher being racist

I liked the relationship between the dog malsum and Malian but I didn’t like that they talked about apples

Dogs truly are our best friends .

I love the story, and how it celebrates diverse cultures, and how we deep down have a connection to nature. Overall it was lovely, it was a beautiful story, filled with courage.
Undergoing the pandemic was a difficult experience, and everyone relayed on pets for entertainment at home, so this really shows the strength of our pets, and how we celebrate and love them. We also had lots of time to get creative, and this is the perfect example of that . I love the book.

The voice was calming and the story was laid back

I wish their was more of a story but in all I loved it so much

Librarian’s opinion

Rez Dogs is a beautiful ‘oral history’ on Native Americans in their own language and stories. Beautifully written on a young person’s voice. I love the sentiment…you should not be sorry for the past unless you are doing nothing for the future!

The dog description!

I loved the story and the story’s inside the the story. And how they relate to Covid and all those problems.