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Krueger has said that he wanted to be a writer from the third grade, when his story "The Walking Dictionary" was praised by his teacher and parents. Only one other author has done this since the award's inception in 1986. In 20, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. The series is set mainly in Minnesota, USA. William Kent Krueger is an American author and crime writer, best known for the 13 novels of his Cork O'Connor series of books, ending with Tamarack County in 2013.

Awards-Anthony Award's Best Novel (twice) Anthony Award's Best First Novel Loft-McKnight Award.

Education-Stanford University (no degree).

Next Section Character List Previous Section About This Tender Land How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "This Tender Land Summary". Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. When he finally finds her, he realizes that she is actually their birth mother and they live happily together. The others are tired of constantly moving around, so Odie pursues their Aunt on his own. Odie grows close to Maybeth, but she eventually leaves, leaving him heartbroken. As such, they leave for their travels again, where they next stop off at Mankato and meet a young girl, Maybeth Schofield, and her family.

Though bewitched by her at first, she is later revealed to be a fraud. Along the way, they find Sister Eve, who has special healing powers. They continue their journey, though Odie is depressed by his act of sin. Jack forces them to work his orchards and keeps them there until Odie eventually shoots him. However, after falling asleep they are woken to find that they are being kidnapped by a one-eyed man named Jack. With the money they stole, they discover a letter from Aunt Julia in Saint Louis and decide to head there. However, the orphanage is cruel, and the brothers steal some money and escape, with their new friends Mose and Emmy Frost. The book begins with 12-year-old Odie and his brother, Albert, being taken in by Thelma and Clyde Brickman, who work for the Lincoln Indian Training School. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous

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