The Round House
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction · 2013 · ShortlistNational Book Award for Fiction · 2012 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2013 | Shortlist |
| National Book Award for FictionFiction | 2012 | Winner |
About This Book
In the summer of 1988 on a North Dakota reservation, thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts's mother is brutally attacked by an unknown assailant. As his father, a tribal judge, works to bring the perpetrator to justice against the constraints of a legal system that fails Native Americans, Joe and his friends decide to pursue justice of their own.
About the Author
Louise ErdrichAmerican
Louise Erdrich is an American author of German and Ojibwe descent and one of the most celebrated novelists in the United States. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1954, she is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She studied at Dartmouth College and received her MFA from Johns Hopkins University. Read more →
