Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
About the Book
One of Time magazine’s top-five novels of 2001 and a New York Times bestseller, Peace Like a River is set in the Minnesota countryside and North Dakota Badlands of the early 1960s. A moving and engrossing story about one family’s quest to retrieve its most wayward member, the book has been described as a heroic quest, a tragedy, a love story, and a haunting meditation on the possibility of magic in the everyday world.
Books for Younger Readers
For grades 3-7 (ages 8-12)
Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman
For preschool to grade 3 (ages 3-8)
The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon (56 pages)
Book Club Discussion Questions
Recipes for Book Clubs
Tosa’s All-City Read Poetry Contest Winners
Grades 3-5
- First prize: Jordan Nash (Madison Elementary), “The Wave”
- Second prize: Annabelle Wilson (Roosevelt Elementary), “Alone in the House”
- Honorable Mentions:
- Khalil Albergottie (Madison Elementary), “Poke’ Poem”
- Khalil Albergottie (Madison Elementary), “Mouse”
- Abby Penegor (Roosevelt Elementary), “Whoa”
- Kate Pluta (Wauwatosa Catholic), “The Wind in the Trees”
- Cora Vespalec (Madison Elementary), “One Day”
Grades 6-8
High School
- First prize: Clare Conteh-Morgan (Wauwatosa East), “The Arrow”
Adult (18+)
- First prize: Daniel D. McCollum, “The Tree Splitters: The Song of Dietrich”
- Second prize: John Kaufman, “The Pioneer”