Wisconsin

The Island

Fifteen-year-old Wil discovers himself and the wonders of nature when he leaves home to live on an island in northern Wisconsin.

fiction, Identity, Islands, Nature, Wisconsin

FIC
PAU

Blankets

Craig Thompson

An autobiographical graphic novel based on the author's experiences growing up in a religious family in rural Wisconsin, describing his rivalry with his brother, and his experiences with first love.

Family, fiction, Graphic novels, Wisconsin

741.5
THO

Twenty-three-year-old Carrie Bell, engaged to her high school sweetheart, is ready to make a break from a life that has become suffocating in its sameness, but her decision is complicated when her fia

Accident victims, Bildungsromans, fiction, Large type books, Wisconsin

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PAC

Hope Was Here

Joan Bauer

When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner o

Cancer, Diners (Restaurants), fiction, Politics, Practical, Wisconsin

FIC
BAU

Up Country

Alden R. Carter

When his mother's drinking problem causes him to spend several months with country relatives in upstate Wisconsin, sixteen-year-old Carl begins to build a new life for himself, only to see it threaten

Alcoholism, Country life, Family problems, fiction, Wisconsin

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CAR

Bull Catcher

Alden R. Carter

Pete and Jeff continue their friendship and love of baseball as they progress from ninth grade through high school in their small Wisconsin town.

Baseball, fiction, Friendship, Wisconsin