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The Round House

Audiobook

Winner of the National Book Award

  • Washington Post Best Book of the Year
  • A New York Times Notable Book

    From one of the most revered novelists of our time, an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.

    One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface because Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.

    While his father, a tribal judge, endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning.

    The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece—at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture.


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    Publisher: HarperAudio Edition: Unabridged
    Awards:

    OverDrive Listen audiobook

    • ISBN: 9780062204943
    • File size: 364445 KB
    • Release date: October 2, 2012
    • Duration: 12:39:15

    MP3 audiobook

    • ISBN: 9780062204943
    • File size: 365325 KB
    • Release date: October 2, 2012
    • Duration: 12:39:10
    • Number of parts: 14

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    Formats

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook

    Languages

    English

    Levels

    ATOS Level:5.1
    Lexile® Measure:790
    Interest Level:9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty:3-4

    Winner of the National Book Award

  • Washington Post Best Book of the Year
  • A New York Times Notable Book

    From one of the most revered novelists of our time, an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.

    One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface because Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.

    While his father, a tribal judge, endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning.

    The Round House is a page-turning masterpiece—at once a powerful coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a tender, moving novel of family, history, and culture.


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    • Details

      Publisher:
      HarperAudio
      Edition:
      Unabridged

      Awards:

      OverDrive Listen audiobook
      ISBN: 9780062204943
      File size: 364445 KB
      Release date: October 2, 2012
      Duration: 12:39:15

      MP3 audiobook
      ISBN: 9780062204943
      File size: 365325 KB
      Release date: October 2, 2012
      Duration: 12:39:10
      Number of parts: 14

    • Creators
    • Formats
      OverDrive Listen audiobook
      MP3 audiobook
    • Languages
      English
    • Levels
      ATOS Level: 5.1
      Lexile® Measure: 790
      Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
      Text Difficulty: 3-4
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