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This tender land  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

This tender land / William Kent Krueger.

Summary:

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 little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432869342 (large print : hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1432869345 (large print : hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 677 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
Subject: Orphans > Fiction.
Voyages and travels > Fiction.
Indians of North America > Fiction.
Minnesota > Fiction.
Genre: Large type books.
Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at York County Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Dover Area Community Library Adults KRU Large Print (Text) 34217000831685 Adult Area Available -
Martin Library Adults KRU Large Print (Text) 33454005703889 Reading Room Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults KRU Large Print (Text) 34318001196100 Adult Area Available -

Summary: 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 little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own.

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