[Michlib-l] U.P. Notable Book Club - "Cady and the Birchbark Box" delves into Indigenous yooper YA literature

[Victor R. Volkman]

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      UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Ann Dallman about
      the 2nd Cady Whirlwind Thunder Mystery -- "Cady and the Birchbark Box"


*UP Notable Book Club:* the Crystal Falls Community District Library in 
partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has 
scheduled author events with winners of the /UP Notable Book List/. The 
30th event is with Ann Dallman featuring /Cady and the Birchbark Box/ -- 
the 2nd installment in the Cady Whirlwind Thunder YA mystery series. The 
acclaim for Dallman's series has grown as the books are released, 
garnering many state and regional awards along the way.  The stories 
take place in a fictional U.P. town, loosely based on the Hannahville 
Potawatomi Indian Reservation west of Escanaba, where the 13-year-old 
Cady and her family are newly transplanted from Minnesota.

/*When: */September 14th, 2023 at 7 pm Eastern / 6 pm Central

/*Where: 
*/https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81060583495?pwd=dGRrMi9DUHd1clNpNG1oQ0hqeG5nZz09
Meeting ID: 810 6058 3495
Passcode: cady2

We recommend you borrow a copy of these books from your local library or 
purchase from your local bookseller in advance to get the most out of 
these events.

*ANN DALLMAN* has lifelong roots in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She 
started out as a newspaper reporter/photographer and later taught middle 
and high school English/Journalism/Reading, fifteen of those years on 
the Hannahville Indian Reservation in Wilson, MI. She holds an 
undergraduate degree in Journalism Education from the University of 
Wisconsin and a master’s degree from Viterbo University. A freelance 
writer, she is now writing her third /Cady/ novel. Ann served as Writer 
in Residence at Wild Acres Retreat Center in North Carolina and was 
awarded scholarships to study writing with author Susan Power/Split Rock 
Arts Institute/Minneapolis, MN and to Highlights Foundations sessions in 
Honesdale, PA.
Her Middle Grade novel, /Cady and the Bear Necklace/, a U.P. Notable 
Book, received: Historical Society of Michigan State History Award, 
Midwest Book Award, New Mexico-Arizona Book Award and was a Next 
Generation Indie Book Award Finalist. The second book in the series, 
/Cady and the Birchbark Box/, is also a U.P. Notable Book and received 
the Historical Society of Michigan State History Award. It is published 
by Modern History Press of Ann Arbor, MI, available locally at Snowbound 
Books and on amazon, B&N, Walmart and target.com websites.

<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=cea751775a&e=2efc3cf0fe>"Ann 
Dallman's second novel /Cady and the Birchbark Box 
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=3df4d210c8&e=2efc3cf0fe>/ 
depicts the sophistication of the Native American culture and the 
everyday life of a 13 year-old teenage girl. Cady’s character struggles 
with a move to another community, a crush on a young man and most 
importantly--a mystery behind a birchbark box. Cady demonstrates an 
endearing respect and admiration for her grandmother while being 
frustrated with not getting the answers from her that she needs: /who 
was Abe and what was his connection to Lake Superior’s shipwreck past/? 
The infamous story of the sinking of the Christmas Tree Ship in 1912 
holds her attention as well.

Realistic family relationships color Cady’s world with a caring father, 
absent mother, new stepmother and baby brother. Cady manages her 
responsibilities at home, as a soccer player and a high school student 
while doggedly searching for the answers to a riddled past dug up from 
the grounds surrounding a vacant home. A particular noisy blue jay makes 
its presence known and keeps her on task. Cady's crush is only rarely 
seen in this installment. She must work at calming her famous temper 
while she faces a life filled with stress. Nevertheless, she is often 
reminded about her gift of solving mysteries."  -- Sharon Brunner, /U.P. 
Book Review/

More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, /U.P. Book Review, 
/and UPPAA can be found on www.UPNotable.com 
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=15b6b66c80&e=2efc3cf0fe> 

*<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=29155c8d51&e=2efc3cf0fe>About 
the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)*
Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or 
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan nonprofit 
association with more than 100 members, many of whose books are featured 
on the organization’s website at www.uppaa.org 
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=66b6c9587e&e=2efc3cf0fe>. 
UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP 
connection who is interested in writing.
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-- 
Regards,

Victor R. Volkman, President
L H Press Inc.
www.LHPress.com
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