Michigan History Nightmares: Michigan Fur Trade...A Hare-Raising Adventure

What happens when you research the Michigan fur trade on Halloween? Katie, Nick, Gary, Helena, and the mysterious new kid, Zach, are about to find out.

Author Lynne Smyles, two-time Lakeview Elementary School teacher of the year, breathes life into history in her Michigan History Nightmares series. She does it again with The Michigan Fur Trade...A Hare Raising Adventure.

Halloween dawns with the promise of an exciting day. Looking forward to the afternoon’s Halloween festivities, Katie’s group is anxious to get through their morning research assignment on the Michigan fur trade and start the celebration. Little do they know that their computers have more tricks than treats in store for them.

This time the young historians find themselves transported back in time to the seventeenth century where they are captured by pirates, attacked by a bear, and shot through the rapids with voyageurs while learning first-hand about the fur trade in Michigan. Even more disturbing is the fact that they are no longer in possession of the Michigan pen. Meanwhile, Katie and her friends can’t help but wonder: Will they ever make it home without the Michigan pen?

Help your children learn history with Smyles's Michigan History Nightmare series, targeted to children in third through fifth grades and supporting the Michigan history curriculum.

Detroit, Michigan, native Lynne Smyles graduated from Eastern Michigan University before earning her master’s degree in education from Saginaw Valley State University. She taught elementary school in Lakeview Public Schools for thirty-seven years and was twice voted Lakeview’s elementary teacher of the year. She lives in Clinton Township, Michigan, with her husband David.