Bibliograph

The boy and the dog are sleeping, Nasdijj

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The boy and the dog are sleeping, Nasdijj

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The boy and the dog are sleeping

Oclc number

50322809

Responsibility statement

Nasdijj

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 3.9, 12, 12, 72353

Summary

"Eleven-year-old Awee came to live with Nasdijj carrying a brown paper bag containing all his belongings, a legacy of abuse, and AIDS. But this beautiful, loving, and intelligent little boy also had enormous hope for his new life. The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping is the heart-rending but also joyous story of this untraditional little family, filled with love and laughter, but also with great pain, as Awee became progressively more ill. Nasdijj writes about their motorcycle trip to see the ocean for the first time, about baths and baseball, about Awees zbig brothery Crow Dog, and his dog, Navajo, but also about the brutal realities of reservation life and the challenges of dealing with a sometimes hostile medical establishment that often lacks the knowledge to treat pediatric AIDS. In the end, Nasdijj must find his own way of alleviating Awees sufferingand of helping him maintain his dignity in the face of a disease that gradually robs him of himself."--, Amazon

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