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

Over the course of one unforgettable summer, these four orphans will fly into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds.

With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an enthralling, big-hearted epic.

I really enjoyed Where the Crawdads sing, so am hoping that what has been said on on the cover that this book is just as good :)

Yes, I did enjoy Where the Crawdad's Sing .... It sounds promising. Thank you so much, ukcanaus. You've thoroughly spoilt me.