Albert is red headed, freckled, and is the responsible one. Odie is younger, a wonderful storyteller often in trouble, and finds solace in playing the harmonica.

They are orphaned white boys who have been taken in by The Lincoln Indian Trading School, a school for Native American children who have been separated from their parents. This Tender Land reminiscent of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer’s adventures, centers on brothers Odie and Albert. William Kent Kruger, author of Ordinary Grace, has come out with an epic about a family of sorts, during the 1930s on the riverbank in Minnesota. In the end, isn’t that what every good story is about?” There will be courage in this story and cowardice. Of killing and kidnapping and children pursued by demons of a thousand names. ”The tale I’m going to tell is of a summer long ago. William Kent Krueger has a sentimental and descriptive voice he can really tell a great story! Jemisin 17 'An Odyssey' by Daniel Mendelsohn 16 'Brotopia' by Emily Chang 15 'The Power' by Naomi Alderman 14 'The Wife' by Meg Wolitzer 13 'Heart' by Sandeep Jauhar 12 'There Will Be No Miracles Here' by Casey Gerald 11 'A Separation' by Katie Kitamura 10 'American Wolf' by Nate Blakeslee 9 'Earning the Rockies' by Robert D.I loved this all engrossing, fast paced, beautifully written adventure. Chapter Menu x 39 'Nomadland' by Jessica Bruder 38 'Interior Chinatown' by Charles Yu 37 'Trick Mirror' by Jia Tolentino 36 'Severance' by Ling Ma 35 'The Poet X' by Elizabeth Acevedo 34 'Helping Children Succeed' by Paul Tough 33 'Beaten Down, Worked Up' by Steven Greenhouse 32 'Beijing Payback' by Daniel Nieh 31 'Citizen: An American Lyric' by Claudia Rankine 30 'American Spy' by Lauren Wilkinson 29 'The Street' by Ann Petry 28 'Disappearing Earth' by Julia Phillips 27 'Inheritance' by Dani Shapiro 26 'American Prison' by Shane Bauer 25 'Heart Berries' by Terese Marie Mailhot 24 'Circe' by Madeline Miller 23 'The Overstory' by Richard Powers 22 'We the Corporations' by Adam Winkler 21 'Conversations with Friends' by Sally Rooney 20 'The Woman Warrior' by Maxine Hong Kingston 19 'The House of Broken Angels' by Luis Alberto Urrea 18 'The Fifth Season' by N.K.

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