"In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's GileadRiver, Odie O'Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, 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 summer, these four orphans journey 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"--Adapted from back cover.
year: 2019, 2020
call number/section: 1000, 1930
subjects: siblings, fiction, ruanaways, friendship, minnesota, fiction, orphans, fiction, runaway children, voyages and travels, historical fiction
Editions
Krueger, William Kent
Atria Books (2019)
An orphan's life-changing adventure traveling down America's great rivers during the Great Depression, seeking both a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking into despair.
Schools: 3
Krueger, William Kent
Atria Paperback (2020)
"In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's GileadRiver, Odie O'Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, 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 summer, these four orphans journey 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"--Adapted from back cover.
Schools: 2