A Second Home by David Curtis

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…
Odin’s Eye By Tyler Tichelaar — Review by Deborah Frontiera
Roadkill Justice: Featuring Woodswoman Nettie Bramble, by Terri Martin
Review by Mack Hassler Two texts in the general literature far from the UP come to mind as the reader listens to the strong first-person opening here, “Me and Ma live off the land. That and her government check. My name’s Nettle Bramble, but folks call me Nettie for short….” …
Mack Hassler reviews: Odin’s Eye, A Marquette Time Travel Novel, by Tyler R. Tichelaar
Olav Audunssøn -IV – Winter by Sigrid Undset and translated by Tiina Nunnally
The Midwife’s Touch, by Sue Harrison
Voodoo Shack by Terri Martin
Boats Can’t Jump: The Story of the Soo Locks by Laura Barens

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera Boat’s Can’t Jump: The Story of the Soo Locks is a delightful nonfiction picture book explains with words and illustrations why the locks at Sault Ste. Marie were built and how they work. Young children learn from both pictures and words, and this author/illustrator pair…
The Lady of the Lighthouse By Terri Greening
I Married a Troll; My Husband Married a Yooper, by Mary Brandt Goloversic
The Side Road Columnist: Observations from an Upper Michigan Author by Sharon M. Kennedy

Review by Mack Hassler “It’s who you are when time’s up that matters.” Obituary for Anne Perry, NY Times, 4/13/23 Non-fiction, investigative reporting, and autobiography are so important to me for lively and vital UP literature. Sharon Kennedy, who has lived and worked “above the bridge” but not quite into…
North Country, A Pedagogical Almanac, by Carolyn J. Dekker
Three Fires Unity: The Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron Borderlands by Phil Bellfy

Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Phil Bellfy’s book Three Fires Unity: The Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron Borderlands provided a revolutionary view of the Three Fires confederacy and a history of multiple Native American tribes, the British, the French and the rising American population. Bellfy has a residence in Sault Ste. Marie,…
Sandtown Survivor: Growing up Indian in the Twentieth Century by Clearing Sky Woman

Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Clearing Sky Woman’s Sandtown Survivor: Growing Up Indian in the Twentieth Century delivers a powerful and heartfelt message about living the life of a poor Indian girl and woman and her demonstration of steadfast resiliency. The story begins in 1946 when she attends her first day of…
Don’t Count Your Chicks, by Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera Throughout human history, stronger civilizations have taken over weaker or indigenous peoples and have then attempted to erase their existence after claiming anything of value. Yet, many of these cultures managed to endure, redefine themselves and, often, demand their culture, artifacts, and rights be returned…
Superior Voyage by Marquette Poets Circle

Marquette Poets Circle’s Newest Book Is Superior Five years ago, the Marquette Poets Circle wowed readers with their debut poetry book, Maiden Voyage. Their follow-up volume is titled Superior Voyage, and it is appropriately titled for it is a superior volume of poetry that just happens to have been written…