It is a literature resource for 6th grade students who study Minnesota History (according to state standards) yet a student would not have to be from Hinckley or Minnesota to enjoy, learn from, and appreciate this novel. This book is particularly applicable to the students I work with as we live in Hinckley, MN. Written for 4th grade and up, Schultz, does a fantastic job of being truthful about the terrible things that happened on a level that elementary students can understand, yet not become terrified of. Firestorm by Janet Neubert Schultz, 2013, Lerner Publishing Group edition, in English. Maggie and her family are fictional characters but the events surrounding the great Hinckley Fire are harrowing and true. After a harrowing ride to Duluth Maggie and her father decide they must return to Hinckley in search of her brothers. Maggie and Gramma race to escape town on her dad’s train, uncertain of where her brothers are and if they are safe. Maggie’s whole world turned upside down on Septem– the day of the great Hinckley fire. Three years earlier her mom died yet everything continues to remind Maggie of her she doesn’t want to move, she believes Mama wouldn’t have wanted it either.Īdjusting to life in this little town was difficult, but with her dad and brother working for two different railroad companies it was the only place to live where they could all be together. Schultz has been fascinated since childhood by the stories that have been handed down in her family and by the people and events that have shaped Minnesota's history.Thirteen year-old Maggie is not happy to hear that her father has been transferred by his railroad company and her family will be moving from Duluth to Hinckley.
She now lives with her husband along the bluffs of the Minnesota River Valley on a farm that was homesteaded by the Schultz family in 1869. She has taught second and third grades, and more recently, Early Childhood. Having recently moved to the newly constructed town of Hinckely, Minnesota, they are caught in the path of one of the deadliest forest fires in history. Jan Neubert Schultz grew up in Mankato, MN, and graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato. It's September 1, 1894, and thirteen-year-old Maggie Grant and her family are about to face a terror like none they've ever experienced. Schultz has been fascinated since childhood by the stories that have been handed down in her family and by the people and events that have shaped Minnesota's history. Firestorm (Adventures in Time) Jan Neubert Schultz on. by Jan Neubert Schultz First published in 2001 2 editions 1 previewable Borrow Listen. She now lives with her husband along the bluffs of the Minnesota River Valley on a farm that was homesteaded by the Schultz family in 1869. Author of Battle cry, Horse sense, Firestorm, Horse sense.
Jan Neubert Schultz grew up in Mankato, MN, and graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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