At Michigan's Straits of Mackinac, eight-year-old Charles quickly learns the importance of the "Castle at the Straits" and the work he will help his uncles, the "wicki," or lighthouse keeper, and his assistant, do there.

A Castle at the Straits

Panagopoulos, Janie Lynn

Children's Books

Mackinac State Historic Parks

Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

River Road Pubns

Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp

Twelve-year-old Gus McCarty struggles at school with an obnoxious classmate named Al until an accident sends him back in time to a lumber camp with an equally troublesome lumberjack named Alex.

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Erie Trail West: A Dream-Quest Adventure

An eleven-year-old New York farm girl travels with her parents to the Michigan Territory in 1836 by way of the Erie Canal, encountering unknown dangers and incredible hardships.

North to Iron Country: A Dream-Quest Adventure

Literature & Fiction

Little Ship Under Full Sail

When her grandchildren arrive at her home, Grandmother Kinzie tells Eleanor and Juliette the story of their great-grandmother's capture by the Seneca Indians in 1779

Train to Midnight: A Dream-Quest Adventure

An accident during an afternoon storm sends Malaika and her brother Sammy back in time to the lives of Malaika and Samson, young slaves who are escaping along the Underground Railroad. Separated from their mother, the pair have made their way across the Ohio River and into Indiana where they meet Danile, a rough but good-hearted abolitionist. Reluctantly, Daniel agrees to accompany the children to Detroit where they hope to meet their mother and escape into Canada. But slave-catchers interfere and make their trip a harrowing one. Comic relief intertwines with drama in this touching novel. PUBLISHER'S COMMENTS: Panagopoulos continues to build a fan club of youngsters and teachers who use her books in their classrooms. She is simply a delightful writer and speaker who provides her readers with adventure, comedy and historical detail that you don't find in textbooks.

Action & Adventure

River Road Publications

Madame Cadillac's Ghost

Caught in the furor of Pontiac's rebellion on Fort Detroit in 1763, Makow, a young Odawa, reluctantly escapes with his grandfather, who wants the boy to make his vision quest along the distant shores of Lake Michigan. But the journey leads Makow to more violence as he joins an attack on the English at Fort Michilimackinac, and to the stunning revelation that he must find a twin brother who was separated from his family as an infant.

Mark of the Bear Claw

Contemporary

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A Castle at the Straits

Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure

Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp

Erie Trail West: A Dream-Quest Adventure

North to Iron Country: A Dream-Quest Adventure

Little Ship Under Full Sail

Train to Midnight: A Dream-Quest Adventure

Train to Midnight: A Dream-Quest Adventure

Madame Cadillac's Ghost

Mark of the Bear Claw