2021 Bronze Medal IPPY Awards Winner for Juvenile Fiction!Four middle school boys, interested in the local legends surrounding a small 1950s North Dakota community, embark on an ambitious plan to get to the bottom of the unsettling stories. Local and Native American legends blend creating confusion about disturbing scenes witnessed by folks in the aspen forests. The boys find trouble after pursuing answers from young Chippewa boys from a nearby reservation. The boy...

Mike, a middle-school-aged boy in the 1950s from Willow City, North Dakota, drags his friends on a search for blue rabbits that are tormenting an old Norwegian farmer named Gunder. Learning about the man's early years and the experiences in his youth, Mike and his three friends decide to work together to solve the mysterious sightings of blue rabbits. Mike is offered a reward if he rids the farmer of the legendary creatures that have somehow followed him from his homeland.An unexpe...

A unique find along the railroad tracks near a small town in North Dakota inspires four middle school boys to investigate its origin. As two strangers hide in town, the boys can't help but wonder if the two are up to no good and linked to their find.Deevee Wagner, one of the four boys, takes the lead on their investigation. The four work together to answer questions they have, but trouble seems to follow them at every turn. Setbacks don't discourage them, and they still manage to k...