William Kent Krueger’s book This Tender Land takes place in Minnesota 1932, at the beginning of the Depression. Odie and Albert O’Banion are orphans who live at the Lincoln Indian Training School which is for Native American children who were taken away from their families to be taught the ways of the white men. Odie and Albert have to flee the school after a crime is committed. They take their mute friend Mose and a little girl named Emmy with them. The four take a canoe and head down the Mississippi looking for a home and meet colorful characters of all kinds. Stop by the circulation desk and pick up a copy today.
