2007 Benjamin Franklin Award
Finalist, Popular Fiction

About the Book:

Gary Slaughter’s Cottonwood Fall was the 2007 PMA Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist for Popular Fiction. This novel is a sequel to his critically acclaimed Cottonwood Summer.

The author, Gary Slaughter, has closely crafted small-town life on the WW II home front, vengeful German POWs, relocation of Japanese-Americans, and the 1944 Roosevelt-Dewey Presidential race into the hilarious and heart-rending tour de force called Cottonwood Fall.

The genius of Slaughter’s novels lies in a rich profusion of captivating story lines, vivid description, colorful characters, and touching dramas of very ordinary people.

"Cottonwood Fall by Gary Slaughter is an especially engaging novel recalling a vivid depiction of America during the difficult year of 1944. Slaughter’s unique writing style is sure to consume the readers’ attention as Cottonwood Fall follows two ten-year old boys through their adventures in a small town, Riverton, Michigan, as they encounter vengeful German POWs, Thomas E. Dewey, and FDR. Cottonwood Fall is highly recommended to the general reader, especially those intrigued by the World War II lifestyle of the American citizen.”
Midwest Book Review, March 2006