wisconsin

In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.

Eight women have met every Thursday night for years to share food, wine, and friendship. One Thursday night they decide to disappear from their own lives and begin a trek across the backroads of Wisconsin. As they move along, they find the strength to change their lives, their families, and their communities.

In World War II England, ten-year-old Lottie is transported via a portal to present day Wisconsin, where she must find her way back to her family and her best friend, Kitty.

"Find out what happens aboard the Spooky Express as it hurtles around Wisconsin on Halloween night"--Provided by publisher.

Fourteen-year-old Shep Greenfield rides his horse between the makeshift colonies along the Wisconsin River delivering homemade medicine to people infected with nightpox, and while trading meds for much needed grains, he finds evidence that suggests his missing parents may be alive in a distant settlement called Dusty Hollow, a disease-ridden settlement that is about to be burned down, and Shep must act quickly to find his parents.

Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, industry, culture, historic sites, and famous people of the state which calls itself "America's Dairyland.".

Peter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls his ?��white static,?�� the buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming in nature, sleeping under the stars. But when a friend from the Marines commits suicide, Ash returns to civilization to help the man?��s widow with some home repairs. Under her dilapidated porch, he finds more than he bargained for: the largest, ugliest, meanest dog he?��s ever encountered . . . and a Samsonite suitcase stuffed with cash and explosives. As Ash begins to investigate this unexpected discovery, he finds himself at the center of a plot that is far larger than he could have imagined . . . and it may lead straight back to the world he thought he?��d left for good.

Surveys the history, geography, economy, and people of Wisconsin.

Jack Sawyer, who traveled to a parallel universe to save his mother and is now a retired homicide detective, helps a Wisconsin policeman track down a serial killer, who abducts and murders children.

The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse follows the second-grade year of young Billy Miller, who struggles to navigate the pitfalls of elementary school, appreciate a pesky younger sibling and help his busy parents.