"South of Superior," by Ellen Airgood, is the 2018 Battle Creek Reads selection. Airgood will discuss her book, her writing process, and life in the Upper Peninsula"South of Superior" was Airgood’s debut novel and was named a Michigan Notable Book in 2012.The novel tells the story of  Madeline Stone who leaves her Chicago life to live in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. As she is drawn into the dramas of the small, tight-knit town, Madeline learns that it’s a place where times are tough and debts run deep, but where friendship, community, and compassion run deeper. books will be for sale and she will be signing them.