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
Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and attended Moorhead State University. He worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio for 16 years before selling his debut novel, Peace Like a River. His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was a bestseller in 2008. He also co-wrote five mystery novels with his brother Lin, under the pen name L.L. Enger. Leif lives on a farm near Aitkin, Minnesota, with his wife and two sons.
August and Birdie’s Comfort Food Supper
Beef Stew with Pearl Onions
Bob-Andy Pie
Brown Bear in a Cherry Orchard
Brown-Sugar-Glazed Potatoes with Sausages
Court Day Breakfast
Court-Day Peach Pie
Fluffy Family-Pleasing Pancakes
Herb Roasted Chicken
Mrs. Enger’s Cinnamon Rolls
Pecan Pie
Red Potato Chowder with Northern Pike
Stash-in-Your-Pockets Ginger Snaps
Villing
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)
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
First prize: Sylvi Teich (Longfellow), “One”
Second prize: Jack Kluth (Longfellow), “Gone”
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”
