This Tender Land
A Novel
by William Kent Krueger
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Native American and Fiction.
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...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Native American and Fiction.
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“Thank you to everyone who recommended this book. It was by far the top choice when I asked a couple of weeks ago. It was as good as you said it would be. I?ve done so much traveling lately, changed so many time zones, audio books have helped get me through. | Thank you to everyone who recommended this book. It was by far the top choice when I asked a couple of weeks ago. It was as good as you said it would be. I’ve done so much traveling lately, changed so many time zones, audio books have helped get me through.”
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