The plot was interesting and detailed and Krueger created a richness in the characters that made me want to read more. The pace of the book was great! I was totally immersed from the first page and didn’t want to put it down. Krueger has nailed this book perfectly from the story line to the characters. The plot reminds me of Mark Twain’s Adventures Huckleberry Finn. We find out why they are the only white boys in school of Indian children later in the book.Īfter a crime was committed, Albert, Odie and his best friend Mose, and a little orphan girl Emmy flee the Lincoln School and head to find a place they can call home. Set in the 1930s, with the backdrop of the Great Depression, it’s a about the coming of age of Odie O’Banion and his brother Albert.Īs orphans Odie and Albert were adopted to Minnesota’s Lincoln School for Native American even though they are white.
Having read Kueger’s Ordinary Grace (such a great book), I had high hopes going into This Tender Land. There were so many praises for this book and it was so highly recommended that we had to check it out for ourselves! Apparently if you liked Where The Crawdads Sing, then you’ll love This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger according to Parade Magazine.
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