January’s chosen book by the library’s book club members is “Eagle Blue” by author Michael D’Orso. Set in the remote Arctic recesses of Alaska, the village of Fort Yukon is home to six hundred native Alaskans and exists almost exclusively in the margins of American culture. The tiny population and vanishing cultural heritage of the town have one powerful link to mainstream America: high school basketball. “Eagle Blue” follows the Fort Yukon Eagles, winners of six regional championships in a row, through the course of an entire 28-game season, from their first day of practice in late November to the Alaska State Championship Tournament in March. With insight, frankness, and compassion, Michael D’Orso climbs into the lives of these fourteen boys, their families, and their coach, shadowing them through an Arctic winter of fifty-below-zero temperatures and near-round-the-clock darkness as the Eagles crisscross Alaska in pursuit of their -and their village’s-dream. (from the publisher).
Michael D’Orso is the author of more than a dozen books, including “Plundering Paradise” and “Like Judgment Day”.
Stop by the library and get your copy!
