"Fire Runner is about local history, [a] difficult topic to weave into a credible and interesting story. Author Susie Yakowicz, great-granddaughter of Fargo businessman Martin Hector, pulls it off beautifully. She takes the facts about the Fargo fire of June 7, 1893, and cleverly creates a story of two boys who lived at that time."                                                     -The Fargo Forum

Susie Yakowicz, writer

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A story set during the
Fargo  Fire of 1893

"Fire Runner is a very nicely written and thoroughly entertaining historical novel which is ideal for a young reader's entertainment."   - Midwest Book Review

"For youth who enjoy reading historical fiction, Fire Runner may be just the ticket!"                                                     - North Dakota Library Association

"Through Isabel's various adventures, mishaps and encounters, we are taken on an informative tour of what life was like along the Kennebec a century or so ago. The details--food, clothing, recreation, family life--are all here in what is as much social history as it is the very readable story of a strong-willed girl's commitment to her enterprise."             -The Brunswick (Maine) Times-Record

"This engaging historical novel tells the story of a family struggling to cope with the death of a young son...."                                                  - Maine in Print

"Most of the book is in Margaret's words....It is easy to read thanks to the narration from Yakowicz that sets the stage for her grandmother's vivid images."

- The Fargo Forum

"Arthur Sewall, shipbuilder, ship owner, financier, politician, philanthropist, family man, and great-great-grandfather of the author, played a significant part in the life of the century...."

              - Maine in Print

A story set during the last days of sail