New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2019). Hardcover first edition - A stand alone novel set during the Great Depression by this award-winning writer. "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 OBanion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendents 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." Author's note. 450 pp. ISBN: 978-1476749297.