Over all our club members enjoyed the book. They liked the language, humor and the storytelling. The criticisms were that there were many threads to the story that were not followed by the author...especially the murder. The book was informative about the state of the native Americans, the jurisdiction issues. We also learned about the injustices that have been levied on them. We learned beyond the stereotype, about the beleifs, education and culture.The author captured a 13 year old boys feelings and thoughts quite well. All the main characters were well developed....Everybody loved Cappy. however, some members found there were too many characters and the lack of quotation marks bothered some! Overall the discussion was good, some said they would read the author\'s other books too. The round house is a good book for discussion about Native American culture. We learned about \'frybread\' too!

All the members in our book club liked the book. This is a romantic book...reminded me of the British \\\'Mills and Boon\\\' books that we teenage girls devoured growing up in India..and probably in other British colonies. The story is somewhat stereotypical... A young girl from a poorer socioeconomic background is hired to care for a rich young handsome quadriplegic man. Having said that, the book was a easy read as it is very well written, simple and clean. There are difficult subjects that are dealt with, and the relationships between parents and children, siblings are outlined well, and lead to interesting discussions.