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This tender land : a novel / William Kent Krueger.

Krueger, William Kent, (author.).

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ISBN: 1476749302
ISBN: 9781476749303
ISBN: 1476749302
ISBN: 9781476749303
Physical Description: 450 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Atria books paperback edition May 2020.
Publisher: New York : Atria Paperback, 2020.
Copyright: ©2019

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1932, Minnesota. 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. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans will journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. -- adapted from jacket