Race to the Sun

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

Narrated by: Kinsale Hueston

Best-selling author Rick Riordan welcomes indigenous fantasy writer Rebecca Roanhorse to his imprint with this thrilling adventure about a Navajo girl who discovers she's a monsterslayer.

Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company, and he's alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother, Mac, their Navajo heritage, and the legend of the Hero Twins. When Dad disappears the next day, leaving behind a message that says "Run!", the siblings and Nizhoni's best friend, Davery, are thrust into a rescue mission, which can only be done with the help of Navajo gods, all disguised as quirky "rez" personalities. After a series of dangerous--and mind-bending--trials, Nizhoni, Mac, and Davery finally reach the sun god, who outfits them with the weapons they need to take down Mr. Charles and the ancient monsters he has unleashed. But it will take more than weapons for Nizhoni to become the hero she was destined to be. . . .

adventure thur Diné culture in a modern era

this story was easy to follow, got my 8 year old to take more interest and questions about his culture the Diné. Help me pass on everything I know. he wanted to know intend of my trying to get his interest

great story

love the stoey and flow. Gripping! my daughter snd I both enjoyed it. we would love to hear more

Very enjoyable

The story isn’t perfect of course but it is very enjoyable and unique. I wish that it did a bit more world building and showed more of the finale conflict but I don’t regret reading it and would love to see the story continue.


Spoilers!!!

The ending was underwhelming a bit, there was supposed to be this big thing with all these monsters getting released but they where just one kind, the same birds as earlier but bigger, I also wish there was a bit more show don’t tell especially with the final blow to the villain , it was kind of a cliche to easy end but I will say the way it was written made it work well. You where sucked into the action. I just hope the next book if there is one is bigger. I’d love to learn more about the lore and meet more creatures and beings/ gods/ spirits/ guardians est . The author played it safe and simple but I feel like she’s capable of more and I hope she explores that. Definitely recommend this book. 8 if not 9/10

finally

my children and myself are Native American listening to the story and relating to certain backgrounds was amazing at one point it made me cry as a Mom to hear my kids relate to certain descriptions of family this is an amazing book the flow of the story is a solid pace for children overall 10 out of 10

Good for 7 & 10 yr olds

Fun story w lots of Navajo words and culture. Our girls loved it and honestly I listened to it with them and enjoyed it too!