William Kent Krueger's latest book is a story of four vagabonds on a quest for four separate goals. The narrator, Odie, is a 13-year-old searching for his home. His older brother is searching for his purpose, the Native American is searching for his roots, and the young girl is a visionary. They odyssey starts as an escape from the evil Indian retraining school by way of a canoe and continues down river. They meet up with a cast of characters through a depressed 1933 America in their journey towards their individual goals. It is a coming-of-age story in a troubling time, similar to Huckelberry Finn and Ordinary Grace. Overall, a very good read.
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