Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist **Four starred reviews!**īoston Globe-Horn Book Fiction & Poetry HonorĬhicago Public Library Best Fiction for Younger Readers

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. 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. 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. There's a new virus making people sick, and Malian will have to stay with her grandparents for the duration.Įveryone is worried about the pandemic, but Malian knows how to keep her family safe: She protects her grandparents, and they protect her. 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. The atrocities that she endured during her 10 days on Blackwell Island have made it possible for me have safely spent the last 273 days working in a Psychiatric Center or as it was known in 1887, a 'Madhouse'.About the Book 'Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic'-īook Synopsis 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. Although our experiences are more than 136 years apart, her work touches every aspect of the humane treatment and care that I witness and provide to the patients I work with every day.

This book is an exquisite piece of investigative journalism! I am very thankful to the work that Nellie Bly conducted to expose the inhumane treatment that was occurring to individuals diagnosed with mental illnesses at Blackwell Islands Asylum for t This book is an exquisite piece of investigative journalism! I am very thankful to the work that Nellie Bly conducted to expose the inhumane treatment that was occurring to individuals diagnosed with mental illnesses at Blackwell Islands Asylum for the Insane and according to her book, many individuals who did not suffer from any mental health disorder at all. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac