Books with author William K. Durr

Jonny, his Siamese cat Mister E, and Cindi, a young girl they rescued four hundred years in the future, escape the glass city of Atlanta using Jonny's Nexus 7 tablet and the magical icon that allows them to travel through time and space. But, their time jump goes wrong and, instead of returning to Jonny's home in Atlanta in 2013, they arrive on a Caribbean pirate ship in 1481. As slaves on the ship, they are forced to help the pirates during sea battles and a disastrous raid on the Island of Tortuga. They escape to a deserted island after a terrible storm and the sinking of the ship. Many adventures follow as they struggle to survive before attempting a time jump back home. Will it work correctly this time?

A portrait of the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota during the early twentieth century—now in paperback After journeying across the Atlantic with his mother and two sisters, young Otto Peltonen joins his father in the iron ore mines of northern Minnesota, experiencing the harsh labor conditions that were common at the time, as mining companies cared more about making a profit than for their workers’ safety. Writing in his journal about his family’s struggles and the hard life Finnish immigrants endured in the early twentieth century, Otto ultimately strengthens his resolve to find the freedom his family had first sought in America.