Northern Memories: More High-Spirited Tales of Growing up North

Jerry Harju's Latest book, Northern Memories, is the fourth in the ever-popular "Northern" series. Adhering to the format of Northern Reflections, Northern D'Lights, and Northern Passages, Northern Memories is a collection of reminiscent stories that will jab the funnybone as the reader is transported to Upper Michigan back in the 1930's and '40's. Live through the high excitement and danger when Jerry's mother tries to learn how to drive his Model A Ford with severely defective steering. Watching Frankenstein at the Saturday matinee, Jerry encounters something scarier than the monster on the screen. "The Tooth Fairy Contract" tells how six-year-old Jerry punishes the dentist bent on extracting one of his baby teeth.

What could be more thrilling to a young Yooper than his first camp? Jerry and a pal outfit the camp with furniture from the town dump and then take the ultimate test—spending the night in the small cabin. Needless to say, it doesn't go as planned. "First Romance" relates the agonies of true love in the fourth grade, complicated by a pair of corduroy knickers.

These and several other stories make Northern Memories an entertaining and heartwarming reading experience.