Native children escape orphanage to find a place in the world. Tale of their journey. Good read.

This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger is a great read. Characters your heart will embrace: a plot that moves in twists and turns, and a lot characters to root for - makes this a perfect book to lose yourself in. Set 90 years ago in the Minnesota four orphans have banded together to find there way. I recommend it.

If you want a religious book, this is it. About halfway through, it's all religion. The jacket synopsis doesn't state this at all and is another of Krueger's bait and switch books.

I thought this book was a masterpiece. I liked it much better than Ordinary Grace, which I barely remember. I highly recommend This Tender Land.

Great book! What a talent and gift is William Kent Kreuger. Interesting time period, great characters, well paced plot, satisfying ending. I don't know how it could have been better.

This is one of those books that's an instant classic. Beautifully written, with memorable characters and an amazing plot that kept me engaged throughout - with a surprise twist towards the end. I loved the author's homage to The Grapes of Wrath, Huckleberry Finn, The Wizard of Oz and The Odyssey. Rather than describing the plot, which you can read from many of the other reviews or the publisher's description, I simply and strongly urge you read this wonderful book.

This was a touch too long, and a bit too sweetly sentimental, but I mostly enjoyed it. The Native American character of Forrest made me feel squirmy though. He was kind of a stereotype, and spouted some mystical nonsense about the Sioux that made me cringe.

This is one of the few books that would get me to pull an all-nighter because it was so difficult to put down. Enough said.

This was an enjoyable read. The character development is done quite well. I had a good sense for what each character was really like, and they didn't change personalities, as some authors do. Sometimes a writer will lose what the characters personality is at heart, and it changes, making it hard for me to believe this character would do something "so out of character". Not in this case. It is a long book at 464 pages, a bit to long for me. I grow a bit weary as the story takes to long to get to the punch line, if you will. However, I enjoyed this well enough that it did keep me interested to the end. I love stories narrated by young people and Odie comes alive for me. I read another book by Mr. Krueger, Ordinary Grace, and gave it four stars, so I must have liked that one more. Unfortunately, I didn't write a review for it and honestly cannot remember the book at all and find it hard to believe I actually read it. But it's like that with so many books I've read; once I'm on to another, I quickly forget what the last was about. I may go back and read Ordinary Grace again. I would definitely recommend this book, This Tender Land.

This is a beautiful historical fiction novel about friendship, family, and how the land connects us all. There are many twists and turns that will keep you from putting it down. I would highly recommend this to fans of The Dutch House by Ann Patchett or Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.