minnesota

Things get out of hand when a stockbroker neighbor convinces a twelve-year-old boy to expand his summer lawn mowing business.

Fourteen-year-old Anthony Monday of Hoosac, Minnesota, and his friend Miss Eells, the Hoosac librarian, try to stop an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.

Provides information about Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, from their geography, history, and government to their economy, population demographics, and major cities.

A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.

Virgil Flowers, an agent with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is sent to the small town of Bluestem to investigate the murder of a local doctor and his wife, and when a third victim is killed, Flowers knows someone is carrying out a personal vendetta that may be impossible to stop.

Despite her fatal allergy to sunlight and the risk to all she holds dear, Allie Kim is determined to see Garrett Tabor brought to justice and may get her chance when she and Rob uncover a secret Tabor has hidden under Lake Superior.

Briefly examines the life of William Bircher, who was a young drummer boy for the Union Army during the Civil War.

In an effort to escape a dreary future, eighteen-year-old Emmy Nelson breaks off her engagement with an abusive fiance and takes a job as a cub reporter, bringing her into contact with the contentious politics and racism that are plaguing her 1950s Minnesota hometown.

"Life in tiny Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. Lately, though, it seems everyone has more than their fair share of drama--especially the Swensen family. With so much on her plate, Hannah Swensen can hardly find the time to think about her bakery--let alone the town's most recent murder. . . Hannah is nervous about the upcoming trial for her involvement in a tragic accident. She's eager to clear her name once and for all, but her troubles only double when she finds the judge bludgeoned to death with his own gavel--and Hannah is the number one suspect. Now on trial in the court of public opinion, she sets out in search of the culprit and discovers that the judge made more than a few enemies during his career. With time running out, Hannah will have to whip up her most clever recipe yet to find a killer more elusive than the perfect brownie" --.