The Memory Quilt: A Tale of Friends & Family Lost & Found in the Great Cloquet Fire of 1918

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Summary: An engaging debut novel
Review: A good read! The author is successful in weaving historical events of the time with her own family's experience for an engaging and intriguing debut novel. The story contains a comfortable blend of history and present-day content which should appeal to all young adult readers.

Rating:
Summary: An engaging debut novel
Review: A good read! The author is successful in weaving historical events of the time with her own family's experience for an engaging and intriguing debut novel. The story contains a comfortable blend of history and present-day content which should appeal to all young adult readers.

Rating:
Summary: Great story...Great book for all ages
Review: I happen to be from Cloquet, MN, but that's not the only reason why I recommend this book.....it was a great story, well written and I was completely captured by the story! I originally had an interest due to the subject, and my interest in reading it along with my daughter. I began reading, and before long, I couldn't put it down - I finished it on my own. I look forward to reading it again with my daughter. I sincerely recommend this book!

Rating:
Summary: Great story...Great book for all ages
Review: I happen to be from Cloquet, MN, but that's not the only reason why I recommend this book.....it was a great story, well written and I was completely captured by the story! I originally had an interest due to the subject, and my interest in reading it along with my daughter. I began reading, and before long, I couldn't put it down - I finished it on my own. I look forward to reading it again with my daughter. I sincerely recommend this book!

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Summary: Great storytelling and intriguing historical insights
Review: I loved this book. It blends historical fact with an imaginative "what was it like to be there?" fantasy that is very engaging. The Memory Quilt is also a bittersweet family story that showcases a girl's special relationship with her grandmother, and the grandmother's enduring connection to a lost sister. Historical detail about the Cloquet fire and rural life in early 1900s Minnesota is woven throughout and makes this a must-read for any local historian.