This tender land : a novel /
Krueger, William Kent
This tender land : a novel / William Kent Krueger - 450 p. : 21 cm
Minnesota, 1932. The Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. After commiting a terrible crime, Odie and his brother Albert are forced to flee, along with their best friend Mose and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy. Together they steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi in search of a place to call home. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans journey into the unknown, crossing paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds.
English
9781476749303
Brothers--Fiction
Orphans--Fiction
Friendship--Fiction
Indians of North America--Fiction
Voyages and travels--Fiction
Minnesota--Fiction
Action and adventure fiction
FIC KRU
This tender land : a novel / William Kent Krueger - 450 p. : 21 cm
Minnesota, 1932. The Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. After commiting a terrible crime, Odie and his brother Albert are forced to flee, along with their best friend Mose and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy. Together they steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi in search of a place to call home. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans journey into the unknown, crossing paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds.
English
9781476749303
Brothers--Fiction
Orphans--Fiction
Friendship--Fiction
Indians of North America--Fiction
Voyages and travels--Fiction
Minnesota--Fiction
Action and adventure fiction
FIC KRU
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