# Just Gus

**Author:** McCall Hoyle
**Grade range:** Grades 3–8
**Age range:** 8–13
**First published:** 2023
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781639930937`
**ISBN-10:** `1639930930`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/just-gus
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Return to the world of devoted working dogs and the humans they love in a new book from the best-selling author of Stella. Gus is a livestock guardian dog with one job--protecting his farm from coyotes and foxes. He likes keeping the sheep, the chickens, and his humans safe, and he's very good at it. One day, Diego and his dad come to visit the farm, and Gus immediately connects to the small boy. They both like to sit still and enjoy the quiet, and Gus can tell that Diego likes being around a gentle giant of a dog, that it helps relieve the boy's constant worry.

## Where this book is assigned

### Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Arizona — [source: Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) — formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award — Arizona's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 3-83-66-): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award'...](https://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/previous-winners)

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