November 7, 2019
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Genre/Categories: Historical Fiction, Coming of Age, Adventure, Great Depression
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Summary:
A journey to find safety, love, and home….
During the Great Depression, four orphans escape from the Lincoln School in Minnesota, an unhappy and perilous home/institution for Native American children where they had little food, harsh punishments, and suffered abuse. This quartet of miserable children consists of rebellious, free-spirited, and harmonica-playing Odie; his responsible and conscientious older brother Albert; their best friend and Native American, Mose; and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy. The foursome makes their escape in a canoe down the Gilead River toward the Mississippi in search of a safe place to call home and people to love them. They become found family to each other and survive encounters with all types of people.
Amazon Rating: 4.7 Stars
