Indian Horse: A Novel

Now a major motion picture, produced by Clint Eastwood, Indian Horse is a deeply moving coming-of-age story about resilience. Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibwe youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother—and then his home itself. Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey, and he proves to be undeniably gifted. Spare, compact, and rich, Indian Horse is at once a heartbreaking account of a dark chapter in our history and a moving coming-of-age story.