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DESCRIPTION:Author Dana VanderLugt\, whose book “Enemies in the Orchard: A 
 World War 2 Novel in Verse” recalls the use of German prisoners of war on f
 arms in West Michigan during World War II\, will be featured at Hope Colleg
 e in an on-stage conversation with retired English professor Jack Ridl on T
 hursday\, Feb. 8\, at 7 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.\n\nThe p
 ublic is invited.  Admission is free.\n\n“Enemies in the Orchard” is geared
  toward a middle-grade readers and was published by ZonderKidz in September
 .  The historical novel features the dual perspectives of Claire\, a Midwes
 tern girl who longs to enter high school and become a nurse even as she wor
 ries for her soldier brother\, and Karl\, a German POW who’s processing the
  war as he works on Claire’s family farm\,  The seeds of the book were plan
 ted more than two decades ago when Vander Lugt\, who is a 2001 Hope graduat
 e\, was conducting research for a creative writing class and learned that G
 erman POWs picked apples on her grandfather’s orchard during the war.\n\nKi
 rkus Reviews has called the book “An emotionally layered vision of a diffic
 ult moment in history\,” noting\, “VanderLugt’s reflections on war’s person
 al toll and the tensions of having enemy troops working in America offer op
 portunities for readers to consider matters from many angles.”  Among other
  acclaim\, “Enemies of the Orchard” was named a Fall Book of Note by Publis
 her’s Weekly this past September\; one of Ten Verse Novels to Read in 2024 
 by the Brooklyn Public Library\; and one of the Best Children’s and Teen’s 
 Audiobooks of 2023 by Reading Middle Grade.  Her media appearances in conju
 nction with the book’s publication include being featured on the Poetry Soc
 iety of New Hampshire’s national program this past fall.\n\nVanderLugt has 
 also had work published in Longridge Review\; Relief: A Journal of Art & Fa
 ith\; the Michigan Reading Journal\; and The Reformed Journal\, where she i
 s also a frequent contributor on its daily blog.  She is a former middle-sc
 hool English teacher\, and now works for Ottawa Intermediate School Distric
 t as a secondary literacy consultant and part time in Hope’s education depa
 rtment supervising secondary student teachers. She majored in English at Ho
 pe and also has an MFA in creative writing from The Sena Jeter Naslund-Kare
 n Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University.\n\nRidl taught at
  Hope from 1971 until retiring in 2006. His publications — as author or edi
 tor — include several collections of poetry\, more than 300 poems in journa
 ls and work in numerous anthologies.  He has received multiple honors for h
 is collections\, and as a master teacher and for service.  More than 90 of 
 his former students are now publishing.\n\nA book-signing with light refres
 hments will follow the presentation\, and copies of VanderLugt’s book and o
 f books by Ridl will be available for purchase.  The event is sponsored by 
 the college’s education\, English and history departments.
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LOCATION:Graves Hall\, Winants Auditorium and Gallery
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SUMMARY:Author Event with Dana VanderLugt
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