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normal;text-align: left;">UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A
session with Ann Dallman about the 2nd Cady Whirlwind Thunder
Mystery -- "Cady and the Birchbark Box"</h3>
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<strong><span style="color:#006400">UP Notable Book Club</span>:</strong>
the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the
U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled
author events with winners of the <em>UP Notable Book List</em>.
The 30th event is with Ann Dallman featuring <em>Cady and the
Birchbark Box</em> -- 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.<br>
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<em><strong>When: </strong></em>September 14th, 2023 at 7 pm
Eastern / 6 pm Central<br>
<p><em><strong>Where: </strong></em><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81060583495?pwd=dGRrMi9DUHd1clNpNG1oQ0hqeG5nZz09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81060583495?pwd=dGRrMi9DUHd1clNpNG1oQ0hqeG5nZz09</a><br>
Meeting ID: 810 6058 3495<br>
Passcode: cady2</p>
<p>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.
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data-file-id="7854276"
src="https://mcusercontent.com/b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f/images/5cf469af-f176-2cde-de3c-d90e2428225a.jpg"
style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;width:
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height="230" align="right">ANN DALLMAN</strong> 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 <em>Cady</em> 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. <br>
Her Middle Grade novel, <em>Cady and the Bear Necklace</em>,
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, <em>Cady
and the Birchbark Box</em>, 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.<br>
<br>
<a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=cea751775a&e=2efc3cf0fe"
target="_blank" title="Click to learn more about Ann
Dallman's book" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><img
data-file-id="7854280"
src="https://mcusercontent.com/b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f/images/01aeaf94-2a7b-ca43-0ef8-b81a89d3693d.jpg"
style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;width:
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0;outline: none;text-decoration:
none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" width="200"
height="309" align="left"></a>"Ann Dallman's second
novel <em><a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=3df4d210c8&e=2efc3cf0fe"
target="_blank" title="Learn more about Ann Dallman's
book!" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Cady
and the Birchbark Box</a></em> 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: <em>who
was Abe and what was his connection to Lake Superior’s
shipwreck past</em>? The infamous story of the sinking of
the Christmas Tree Ship in 1912 holds her attention as well.</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;">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, <em>U.P. Book Review</em></p>
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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, <em>U.P. Book
Review, </em>and UPPAA can be found on <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=15b6b66c80&e=2efc3cf0fe"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.UPNotable.com</a>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong><a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=29155c8d51&e=2efc3cf0fe"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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width="225" height="150" align="right"></a>About the Upper
Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)</strong></div>
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 <a
href="https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=66b6c9587e&e=2efc3cf0fe"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:
normal;text-decoration: underline;">www.uppaa.org</a>. 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.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.LHPress.com">www.LHPress.com</a></pre>
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