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A Second Home by David Curtis

victor May 15, 2022 March 29, 2022Young Adult / Historical Fiction Donna Winters 0

Review by Donna Winters A Second Home is compelling, well-paced, and saturated with sound values. It offers preteen and early teen boys an excellent adventure chock full of interesting characters and excellent advice on dealing with bullies. The story opens in June 1957. The main character, 13-year-old Roger Tucker, runs…

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To Build a Tunnel by Deborah K Frontiera (

victor May 10, 2022 February 14, 2022Young Adult / Fantasy Deborah K. Frontiera 0

To Build a Tunnel by Deborah K Frontiera (originally published 2004) as volume one of The Chronicles of Henry Roach-Dairier From Fandom to Full Cultural Foundation Review by Mack Hassler In modern times, we often label this sort of enthusiastic imitation of types “fandom” as in science fiction fandom or…

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Roads Not Traveled: Collection of Poems by t. kilgore splake

victor May 1, 2022 May 7, 2022Poetry Sharon Brunner, T. Kilgore Splake 0

Review by Sharon Brunner The poems in this book, Roads Not Traveled: Collection of Poems, were inspired by Robert Frost. Travelers are strongly affected by the decisions they make, for better or worse. T. Kilgore Splake felt forced to take a path less wanted instead of a naval career. Teaching…

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The Road to Splake by Robert M. Zoschke

victor April 20, 2022 April 24, 2022Biography / Men, Poetry Sharon Brunner, T. Kilgore Splake 0

Review by Sharon Brunner The journey of a prominent Upper Peninsula poet, T. Kilgore Splake, was as significant as the destination, as Robert M. Zoschke details in his new biography The Road to Splake. Thomas Smith, Splake’s given name, grew up in Three Rivers, Michigan with two older sisters. His…

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Dance Your Dance, Sing Your Song, a True Story By Dorothy Paad

victor April 15, 2022 March 25, 2022Children / Fiction Donna Winters, Dorothy Paad 0

Review by Donna Winters Dance Your Dance, Sing Your Song, a True Story By Dorothy Paad with Heather Picotte, illustrated by Matthew Forgrave. It was the first day of orientation at Northern Michigan University and it was a total zoo. With those words, Dorothy Paad opens Dance Your Dance, Sing…

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Michigan Tech Hockey: 100 Years of Memories” by William Sproule

victor April 10, 2022 December 20, 2021Copper Country, Sports & Recreation 0

“Michigan Tech Hockey: 100 Years of Memories” just released by Bill Sproule with the help of Calvin Larson, Michigan Tech’s Assistant Athletic Director, is the definitive encyclopedia of Huskies Hockey history. The book is chock full of in-depth information on every season from 1920 to 2021 and was commissioned for…

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North Dixie Highway by Joseph D. Haske

victor April 1, 2022 November 20, 2021Action & Adventure Sault Ste. Marie, Viet Nam 0

Review by Victor R. Volkman At first glance, Joseph D. Haske’s North Dixie Highway is a rage-fueled trip through three generations of an Eastern U.P. family locked in a cycle of grinding poverty, trauma, and alcoholism.  But beneath the surface there’s much more lurking as we follow this broken family…

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A Halloween Scare in Michigan By Eric James, illustrated by Marina Le Ray

victor March 20, 2022 February 2, 2022Children / Fiction Deborah K. Frontiera 0

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera On the first read, A Halloween Scare in Michigan is a cute, rhymed with good rhythm children’s picture book aimed at the four-to-eight-year-old set. It has that sing-song type rhyme that kids love and rolls off the tongue with ease. Not all rhymed books achieve…

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