The Leanin' Dog

The Leanin' Dog by K.A. Nuzum is a book that is based on a true story. Dessa Dean and her father have suffered a loss of their mama, in the summer. Now a chocolate brown dog has brought their family back together with Christmas miracle:).

Dessa Dean and her father live in cabin at the bridge of the wood. Dessa Dean and her mother were off searching for food, when Jack Frost took her mothers life away. Dessa Dean must now do everything when it comes to cooking and cleaning. Everyday her father goes out and sets his traps for food that he never gets. Every once and a while he gets a deer that lasts them a month or two. But one day a scratching at the door comes. The dog is startled by the gun shot of daddy and runs of and doesn't return until 3 days until Christmas. When she finally returns she will not sleep inside without the door open. So on Christmas day, Dessa Dean is preparing a rabbit that The Dog hunted, and a Cinnamon Bear gets into the cabin with the open door, and smashes Dessa's mother's china and eats everything. Everything including Daddy's whole made fudge that Dessa made for Christmas for him. The Dog chases the bear off into the wood only leaving blood stains and foot prints for Dessa Dean to follow. when Dessa has a daydream about when her and her mother were being frozen to death she falls into the snow and pictures her landing on her dead mother and telling her to wake up. The dog finds her and wakes her up with her warm tung. The two of them trudge through the snow and Dessa is ready to fall to her death, ready to freeze just like her mother. When Dessa Dean wakes up she is in her cabin nice and warm with her father at her side, and then dog at the foot of her cot. Dessa and daddy and The Leanin' Dog go down to the lake to catch some fish to have their Christmas feast.

This book was amazing and I LOVED it! On a scale of 1-10 i would rate it a 10. I would recommend this book to people who like nature books and a sad story with a twist at the end.