The Round House by Louise Erdrich In this award-winning novel, Louise Erdrich tells a story of a brutal sexual assault and a boy’s coming of age on a Native-American reservation. Thirteen-year-old Joe struggles to discover a way to help his mother in the aftermath of a brutal rape. As Joe looks from the sidelines, his father, who is a tribal judge, struggles to work in the legal system to find and prosecute the criminal. Unfortunately, Joe’s mother can’t remember where the attack took place and, most important of all, who did it. Joe and his group of friends take action of their own and plot to find a way to find and stop his mother’s attacker. In this novel, the author uses character development, setting, and theme to effectively carry her
