Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Ed. Note, this is a comprehensive review of the initial trilogy of books. These picture books written by Leokadia George and illustrated by Maddy More includes: Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup: Trumpet Grows Up Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup: Trumpet Finds Love…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Leslie Cieplechowicz’s Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Wilds of Upper Peninsula offers a historical and scenic view of the sparsely populated and heavily forested land north of the Mackinac Bridge. The author divided this book into four chapters covering the northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest regions of the…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Kelsey Matthews’ The Forgotten Ones offers a view of the exciting world of the supernatural. This book is the sequel to One of Them, which launched the series. The story takes place in Marquette, Michigan, a community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), and in other places around…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Kelsey Matthews’ The One of Them is a story about good versus evil and the struggles of having supernatural gifts. The main character in the story is Robert Donoghue, who begins having terrifying nightmares. He fears he is losing his mind. Cody and Trista are his best…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Jim Bolone’s Zombie Seagulls: And 13 Other Bite-Sized Nightmares! offers spooky tales that will have any reader bracing for ultimate suspense and surprise. This book was meant for young readers. This collection of horror stories prepares even the less avid readers to embrace the written word, with…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Leokadia George shared a special story about a program called SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) and the importance of the pack mentality for wolves in her book Trumpet the Miracle Wolf Pup: Trumpet Becomes A Mom. George has been volunteering at the Wolf Conservation Center in New…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner John Highlen’s Seeking Serenity offers an interesting view of the many natural wonders found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P.) and Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We often face complications and the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and we do not take the time…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Edd Tury’s The Fall and Rise of Sierra Quinn offers a view of the difficulties in human relationships and the financial challenges faced by many businesses today. Divorce has served as a heartbreaking challenge for many people. Today’s farmers have been struggling with the high cost of…
Review by Jon C. Stott Sharon Brunner, a member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians, has been a social worker, professor, educational consultant, and author – and wise woman (and still is). A student of her people’s history and culture, she has participated in such traditional…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Elin Anna Labba’s The Home of the Drowned offered a story about a multigenerational struggle for Sámi women when they fought to hold onto their way of life. They were forced to endure the horrible actions of a powerful hydropower company and government officials while their summer…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Out of the Darkness: Classic Short Fiction from Sweden offers a splendid view of refuge, psychological mysteries and explores what makes life meaningful. The stories take place in Sweden, and authors from the 1880s to the 1950s tell a variety of stories. Some of the authors were…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Nathan Shore’s “The New King” offers a view of an extremely dangerous and corrupt organization hidden under the guise of a benevolent religious cult. A couple of wealthy parents from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P) hired a disbarred lawyer to find their daughter. Hirsch found their…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Tim Mulherin’s “This Magnetic North: Candid Conversations on a Changing Northern Michigan” offers a view of a northern paradise in Michigan and how its residents have dealt with a vast array of adversity. The book took place in Grand Traverse, Leelanau Peninsula areas and Indianapolis. The author’s…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Jennifer Bonn’s book “What Kaitlyn Finds in the Lake” is a delightful story of a young girl who explores the lake area and finds various forms of nature. The main characters are Kaitlyn and her mother. Bonn is from Georgia. The lake in the book could be…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Helen Mitsios’ (Editor) “Out of the Blue: New Short Fiction from Iceland” offers a variety of the island’s personal realities concerning life, love, and family. Twenty Icelandic Authors wrote the stories, which are filled with mystery and culture. The stories took place in Iceland and other parts…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Deborah K. Frontiera’s Living on Sisu: The 1913 Union Copper Strike Tragedy offers a candid view of a violent strike against the mining companies in Houghton and Keweenaw counties of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) Twelve-year-old Emma Niemi narrated the story about her family’s participation in the strike…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Patricia Killelea’s Solace: Poems from the Northwoods” offers a haunting and alluring view of life in the Northwoods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (U.P.). The U.P. was and still is considered an immense array of ruggedness and beauty. A black bear can be just around the…
Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Randall S. Griffis’s book Where Youth and Laughter Go: The Tahquamenon Country and World War I offers a heart-wrenching rendition of World War I and some encounters of men from the Tahquamenon Country who fought in the war. Tahquamenon Country encompasses the small town of Soo Junction,…
