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ISLAND ’S 1 COMMUNITY Lots more staff BOOKSTORE recommendations inside! SINCE 1970 HOLIDAY PICKS FROM OUR STAFF 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were by Eric H. Cline (Princeton) Born to Be by Mark Nepo (Atria Books) Eddie Izzard does a skit in which he pokes fun at archaeology: it all boils Spiritual philosopher Mark Nepo has given us another gem for the nourish - down to a “series of small walls.” Trained as an historian, I share his dis - ment of the heart and soul. By realizing that life’s glories, complexities, and trust of relying on “mere” physical remains to tell a story, but if any book difficulties are meant to be experienced and especially to be examined, we can change like minds, it would be 1177 BC . In this fascinating study of learn that everything has meaning, and everything contributes to the making the so-called “First Dark Ages,” Cline takes the remnants of a world of soul. Through Nepo’s clarity and prose, we are encouraged and guided to largely relegated to myth, ties them together with a keen eye and the develop practices that will help address the universal longing for wisdom, help of some of the era’s few written records, and creates something spe - truth, and love. ~ Jane cial. In so doing, he paints an eerily familiar portrait of a burgeoning international civilization rapidly undone by war, climate change, famine, The Tutka Bay Lodge Cookbook: and social upheaval. ~ Tim Coastal Cuisine from the Wilds of Alaska by Kirsten Dixon and Mandy Dixon (Alaska Northwest Books) The Arsonist by Sue Miller (Knopf) I will never be able to afford a night’s stay at the Tutka Bay Lodge near From the author of The Senator’s Wife comes the story of a summer in Homer, Alaska, so I will have to be content with drooling over this beautiful Pomeroy, an eastern beach town where an arsonist has torched six sum - cookbook. Written by the mother-daughter team who operate the lodge, it’s mer homes. The fire and police departments are stretched to their lim - organized into sections based on the meals and activities of the day. There its as conflicts mount between permanent and summer families. This is are so many amazing recipes I don’t even know where to start, but Salmon also the story of Frankie, who returns to her family home from a job in Bacon with Rhubarb Lacquer, Halibut Sliders, and Salmon with Miso Butter East Africa hoping for tranquility, but finds her father suffering from Pasta caught my eye. ~ Alison Alzheimer’s and her mother unraveling. As she struggles with her par - ents, Frankie also longs for something bigger in life. This is pure Sue The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little Brown) Miller, with great characters, a plot that propels you, and deep, sensitive - As this brilliant, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel opens, young Theo survives a ly drawn emotions. This will be a great book group pick! ~ Susan, New York City terrorist attack that kills his mother and leaves him torment - Coordinator of the Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle and our Mystery Book ed. In the next few years he journeys from the upper echelons of New York Group society to the suburbs of Las Vegas, and finally to Amsterdam. As he tries to adapt to each new situation, all the while shielding a secret from the day of A Child’s Christmas in Wales the attack, the plot centers on his trauma, longing and regret. A frantic and by Dylan Thomas (New Directions) tense climax creates a path of redemption for Theo. Unforgettable charac - Christmas isn’t really Christmas without Dylan Thomas’s classic. Once ters, great attention to detail, exquisite writing, and a grand scope combine to the children are bathed and in their pajamas, once the stockings are make this a rare literary treat. ~ Jane hung and there’s a fire in the fireplace, this is the perfect read-aloud The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the book to make the season complete. ~ Ann Fall of Anglo-Saxon England by Marc Morris (WW Norton) Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s Though it looms large in history, information on the Norman invasion of History-making Race Around the World England is sparse, the primary source being the Bayeux Tapestry, itself likely Avail. commissioned by William the Conqueror’s half-brother. Norris has attempted 12/15 by Matthew Goodman (Ballantine) to recreate the events leading up to and immediately following the Conquest, In an era of airliners, it’s tough to remember that “around the world in using sources as close to the events as possible. With an absorbing narrative, eighty days” was once considered a remarkable accomplishment. This he manages to use these oh-so-brief glimpses into a world almost ten centuries story of Bly and Bisland’s 1889 competition to outdo the feat of Jules past to recreate memorable characters and complex events. Part narrative his - Verne’s Phineas Fogg brings that age to vivid life. Journeying in oppo - tory, part historiography, and part investigative journalism, his fascinating tale site directions by steamship and rail, determined to beat time and each sheds new light on the tangled early history of the English nation. ~ Tim other, the journalists encounter every hazard of 19th century travel, along with the everyday hazards that met 19th century women. A terrif - American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood ic adventure story about two very different people, this book also by Marie Arana (Dial Press) reminds us that along with its dark moments, history can be rousing and This enthralling memoir of a bicultural childhood is one of the finest works of non - fun. ~ Brendie fiction I have read. With prose masterfully grounded in memory and the senses, Arana, born of a Peruvian father and an American mother, explores the ties and Bijaboji: North to Alaska by Oar tensions between the two, and how those forces resonate intricacies in the cultur - al divide between Latin and North America. Her lyrical story brings to life a Peru by Betty Lowman Carey, ed. by Neil G. Carey (Harbour Publishing) This is the true story of an inspiring adventure. When Betty Lowman was animated by spirits and magic, as well as calamities brought on by earthquakes, 18, her father gave her a cedar dugout canoe. The two of them tooled rubber barons, and grinding poverty. A 2001 finalist for the National Book Award, the craft for rowing, and she named it Bijaboji. After Betty graduated this inspiring book sustains its importance through timeless themes: family, love, from the University of Washington, she trained for a trip that her father history, race, class, and the role of women in society. ~ John would never approve of: rowing the Inside Passage solo from the Puget Want You Dead: Detective Superintendent Sound to Alaska. Her training consisted of a lot of hard work including Roy Grace #10 by Peter James (Minotaur Books) swimming several miles regularly in the sound. In 1937, at the age of 22, Red Cameron’s most recent pick on the online dating circuit—rich, she successfully made the journey, to much acclaim. Her story is beauti - charming Bryce Laurent—is too good to be true. As their relation - fully told and entertaining. ~ Vivian ship blossoms, disturbing patterns of anger and obsession are Closed Doors by Lisa O’Donnell (HarperCollins) revealed. Red evicts Bryce from her flat and begins life anew. Ah, the secrets of an island community! In young Michael Murray, Refusing to accept her rejection, he begins to destroy everything and author O’Donnell has articulated one of the most beguiling and authen - everyone close to her. It’s up to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tic voices of a child I’ve found in a book. Michael’s growing awareness and his team to apprehend Bryce before Red becomes his ultimate of the opposite sex has become intertwined with the bewildering circum - victim. This is thriller writing at its best! James has nine Roy Grace stances of an incident involving his mother. Mystified and ravenously stories to his credit and this latest will leave his audience begging for curious on both counts, he propels the novel as he sifts through the more. ~ Susan, Coordinator of the Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle and truths and lies of his small family and town on a Scottish island. His story our Mystery Book Group gripped me, building into a phenomenally powerful, suspenseful, and finally gratifying read. Bravo! ~ John Don't miss Staff Picks New in Paperback on page 13! 2 Great Gift Ideas for Kids! Annual Dude Diary Storewide Write in it, draw random things, destroy if needed— this diary has everyday stuff mixed with outrageous Sale “what if” scenarios and anything-but-ordinary questions. Thursday, December 4 9 am - 9 pm The Crazy Scientist Books Save A series with amazing science tricks and simple science explanations 20% 42-Piece Puzzles on everything in the store — upstairs, and downstairs in our Used Book Annex!

Staff Picks for Kids! Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery by Heather Vogel Frederick (Simon & Schuster) Full disclosure: Heather Vogel Frederick spent a weekend at Eagle Harbor Books research - ing bookstore life for this engag - ing story of a 12-year-old and her friends, who solve the mys - tery of a missing book and an undelivered letter. But more than simply pride in our small part, we absolutely Asoblock Dinosaurs and Robots love Absolutely Truly ! A bit of Harriet the Spy , a dash Just snap, clip, and insert the pieces to create a robot, dinosaur or anything you of the kids in Hoot —Frederick has delivered a great can dream of from big to small! story for middle readers! Ages 8-12 ~ Victoria

Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Carin Berger (Greenwillow) “In giant schools, their brilliant lights / Illuminate the darkest nights.” And so does this fabulous book of poetry from the incomparable Jack Prelutsky. Carin Berger provides the amusing illustrations for this book, which also includes delightful poems about creatures including Jollyfish, Sobcats, and Braindeer. Ages 4-8 ~ Victoria 3 Gifts Beyond Books

Earth Dreams Earrings Drinking Glasses A made in USA Let the party begin with these branded glasses made from collection featuring designs liquor, beer and soda bottles! rooted in the celebration of Beer Soap nature and life. An awesome stocking stuffer for anyone you know who has ever enjoyed a beer!

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Water Bottles Make a statement with these cool bottles made in Yakima from recycled materials ! Book-themed T-shirts & Totes Strut your love of the printed word!

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4 And don’t forget… calendars, book lights, blank books, cool reading glasses, and much more! Love, Life, & How We Get Along Us Skylight What holds marriages and families together? And what A faded apartment building in 1940s Lisbon is the setting for happens when everything threatens to fall apart? With the intertwined stories of its residents, as told by Jose wit, compassion, and intelligence, David Nicholls tells Saramago, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1998). the story of Connie and Douglas Petersen and their sev - Written in 1953 but previously unpublished (perhaps enteen-year-old son Albie. After 30 years, Connie because of its explicit sexuality), Skylight ($26, Houghton announces her desire to divorce, just as the family is Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544090026) allows us to see the char - about to leave on a month-long tour of European capi - acters’ most intimate moments as well as the casual encoun - tals. Will this summer be Douglas’s last as a husband, or ters particular to neighbors living in close proximity. Available the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe 12/2 even his whole life, around? Find out in Us ($26.99, Harper, 9780062365583), a moving meditation on the Citizens Creek demands of marriage and parenthood. Lalita Tademy, author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Cane River , brings us the story of Cow Tom, a once-enslaved man who buys his freedom after serving as a translator during the The Heart Has Its Reasons American Indian Wars, and his granddaughter Rose, who A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea sustains his legacy of courage. Citizens Creek ($26, Atria seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered Books, 9781476753034), a breathtaking tale of identity, when her husband of twenty years leaves her for anoth - community and family, will take you into a little known er woman. Questioning the life she once had and chapter of American history and remind you of the power of whether she truly knows herself, Blanca resolves to an individual’s will to make a difference. change her surroundings. In The Heart Has Its Reasons ($26, Atria, 9781451668339), bestselling author Maria Duenas pours heart and soul into this story of a woman Mermaids in Paradise who discovers the power of second chances. While honeymooning at a Caribbean resort, Deb and Chip meet a marine biologist who claims to have spot - ted mermaids in a nearby coral reef. When the resort’s Something Rich and Strange parent company wants to turn the reef into a theme No one captures the complexities of Appalachia as park, the newlyweds join forces with an ex-Navy SEAL indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Something Rich and a Tokyo VJ to save the mermaids. Lydia Millet’s and Strange ($24.99, Ecco, 9780062349347) showcases Rash’s craftsmanship in thirty works of short fiction that latest, Mermaids in Paradise ($25.95, Liveright, demonstrate his ability to evoke the heart and soul of 9780393245622), is her funniest novel yet. this land and its people. Filled with suspense and myth, hope and heartbreak, these stories reflect the tradition - al and the modern, the old and new south, tenderness and violence, man and nature. What would our community be The Boston Girl Now 85 years old, Addie Baum is asked by her 22-year- without an old granddaughter, “How did you get to be the woman you are today?” Addie reflects on her life growing up in Boston, the daughter of Jewish immigrants suspicious of independent the “new” America. Just as she did in The Red Tent , beloved author Anita Diamant brings us a moving por - bookstore? trait of one woman’s complicated life in The Boston Girl ($26, Scribner, 9781439199350), a fascinating look at a If you find it generation of women finding their places in a changing world. here, please buy it here! Available 12/9

5 Finding Clues, Delivering Justice The Escape The Girl Next Door Fans of David Baldacci’s previous thrillers will have In the waning months of WW II, a group of children dis - already come to know John Puller. A combat veteran and cover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood outside special agent with the U.S. Army, Puller is the man they London. The space becomes their “secret garden,” where call to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. the friends play games and tell stories. When construction But all his training, all his experience, all his skills will not workers unearth a box with skeletal remains six decades prepare him for his newest case, one that will force him to later, the friends come together once again to recall their hunt down the most formidable and brilliant prey he has days in the tunnel for the detective investigating the case. ever tracked: his own brother. The Escape ($28, Grand In The Girl Next Door ($26, Scribner, 9781476784328), Central, 9781455521197) is yet another example of Ruth Rendell brilliantly shatters assumptions about age, Available 11/18 Baldacci as one of the world’s most popular, widely-read showing that the choices people make remain as potent in storytellers. late life as they were in youth.

The Burning Room Moriarty “[Detective Harry] Bosch has become one of the most The only writer to earn the seal of approval from Sir Arthur popular and enduring figures in American crime fiction,” Conan Doyle’s estate, Anthony Horowitz explores what says Kevin Nance in The Chicago Tribune . In Michael really happened when Sherlock Holmes and his arch neme - Connelly’s latest novel, The Burning Room ($28, Little, sis Professor Moriarty tumbled to their doom at the Brown, 9780316225939), Bosch and his new partner, rook - Reichenbach Falls. Moriarty ($26.99, Harper, 978- ie detective Lucia Soto, investigate a recent murder where 0062377180) tells the story of the particularly fiendish crim - the trigger was pulled nine years earlier. With a dead body inal mastermind who intends to succeed Moriarty as he is still fresh but all other evidence virtually nonexistent, they pursued by a Pinkerton detective and Scotland Yard inspec - are tasked with solving what turns out to be a highly tor. A riveting, atmospheric tale of murder and menace. charged, politically sensitive case. The author of 26 previ - ous novels, Connelly — and Bosch — is at the top of his Available A Map of Betrayal 12/1 game. When Lilian Shang unearths her Chinese-born father’s diary, she is shocked by the secrets it contains. Lilian knew Betrayed that her father had been convicted of spying for Maverick lawyer Judy Carrier, with the all-female law firm Communist China, but never knew of the pain and longing of Rosato & Associates, takes the lead in a case that’s his double life entailed — including a secret second family more personal than ever. Judy has always championed the he left behind in China. A Map of Betrayal ($26.95, underdog, so when Iris, the housekeeper and best friend of Pantheon, 9780307911605) is a portrayal of a multination - Judy’s beloved Aunt Barb, is found dead of an apparent al family and an unflinching inquiry into the meaning of heart attack, Judy begins to suspect foul play. She must set citizenship, patriotism, and home — a spy novel that only her own personal dramas aside to investigate, and finds Ha Jin could write. herself plunged into a world of shadowy characters. In Available Betrayed ($27.99, St. Martin’s Press, 9781250027702), Lisa 11/25 The Forgers Scottoline again demonstrates why she is one of the top The rare book world is stunned when a reclusive collector, legal thriller writers. Adam Diehl, is found on the floor of his Montauk home: Available hands severed, surrounded by valuable inscribed books 12/2 Hush and original manuscripts that have been vandalized When Riley Cowan finds her estranged husband Jeff dead, beyond repair. Adam’s sister, Meghan, and her lover, Will she doesn’t believe it was a suicide — especially because — a convicted if unrepentant literary forger — struggle to Jeff’s father was behind one of the biggest financial fraud come to terms with the murder. But when Will begins cases of all time. FBI agent Finn Bradley — Riley’s love receiving threatening letters from someone who knows interest from way back when — agrees to help locate the secrets about Adam’s death and Will’s past, he under - irate investor who might be the murderer. Romantic sus - stands his own life is also on the line. In The Forgers ($24, pense is the name of the game in Karen Robards’s latest, Mysterious Press, 9780802123213), Bradford Morrow Hush ($26, Gallery, 9781476766584). reveals the passion that drives collectors to the razor-sharp edge of morality.

6 Deep & Mysterious Books Define Us In the Afterlight The Republic of Imagination Liam, the boy Ruby loves, may never forgive her for Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her erasing his memories of her. Meanwhile, sparks are fly - million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran , which ing between Ruby and Liam’s bad-boy older brother, told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality Cole, who has a volatile secret of his own. Alexandra squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby Bracken delivers the finale to her bestselling Darkest and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this Minds trilogy about survival and love in a terrifying exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi offers an impassioned, future America with In the Afterlight ($18.99, Disney beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital Press, 9781423157526) — when there is no room for importance of fiction in a democratic society. What error. One wrong move could be the spark that sets the Reading Lolita in Tehran was to Iran, The Republic of world on fire. Ages 12-17 Imagination ($28.95, Viking, 9780670026067) is to America. Stitching Snow Seventeen-year-old Essie, a master at repairing robots Rainbow in the Cloud Maya Angelou’s words have traveled the world and and drones on the frozen mining planet Thanda, is transformed lives — inspiring, strengthening, healing. pulled into a war by handsome and mysterious Dane Her sage advice, humorous quips, and pointed obser - after his shuttle crash-lands near her home. In her vations culled from the author’s great works are now enthralling debut, Stitching Snow ($17.99, Disney presented in Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Press, 9781423185079), R.C. Lewis offers a remarkable Spirit of Maya Angelou ($20, RH, 9780812996456), futuristic retelling of Snow White. Ages 12-17 including contributions by her son Guy Johnson who shared some of his mother’s most powerful sayings. A The Lost treasured keepsake and beautiful tribute. James Patterson brings the fifth and final book in the bestselling Witch & Wizard saga to a head by exposing Novel Interiors the nature of power — and what it means for the Lisa Giramonti inspires a new approach to decorating heroes that have it. Whit and Wisty Allgood have by teaching us through the lens of worlds we may fought and defeated their world’s most pernicious already know and love. With aspirational photographs threats: the evil dictator as well as his wicked father and by World of Interiors photographer Ivan Terestchenko, son. But just as the heroic witch and wizard start to set - entertaining quotes, and tailored reading lists, Novel tle into their new roles in governance, a deadly crime Interiors ($35, Potter Style, 9780385345996) reveals wave grips their city and the siblings find themselves the essence and details of interiors mentioned in great persecuted as the city turns against all those who pos - literary works. A wonderful gift for all who love being sess magic in The Lost ($18, Little Brown, 978- surrounded by their books. 0316207706). Ages 11-15

Available Available 12/2 The Last American Vampire 12/15 Seth Grahame-Smith, whose amazing mash-up Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter found a huge audi - ence, returns with The Last American Vampire ($27, Grand Central, 9781455502127). Mark your calendar for a mid-January dive into another sweeping, alternate Books ~ history of 20th Century America when vampire Henry Sturges, still feeling the shock of Lincoln’s death, heads out on an epic road trip up to the assassination of President Kennedy. gifts to open again and again! Available 1/13

7 Let’s Read Together! Mix It Up! Little Blue Truck’s Christmas In a glorious companion to Press Here , Herve It’s the most wonderful time of the year and Little Blue Tullet has us all giggling as we gain an under - Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas trees standing of colors in Mix It Up! ($15.99, to his animal friends. With the gentle rhythm of the Chronicle, 9781452137353), a dazzling adven - words by Alice Schertle and signature illustration style ture of whimsy — and wonder. Ages 3-6 of Jill McElmurry, Little Blue Truck’s Christmas Available ($14.99, Harcourt Brace, 9780544320413) — complete 12/2 You and Me with twinkling lights — is filled with holiday warmth. Ages 3-6 Discover how fate brought two cat best friends together in You and Me ($14.95, Abrams, Simon and the Bear 9781419711978) a sweet story written in rhyming verse. Favorite author Susan Verde Before Simon sails to America, he promises his family (The Museum ) and bestselling illustrator Peter that he will get a job and send for them. Simon’s moth - Reynolds ( The North Star ) give us the perfect er knows he will need a miracle, so she reminds him to loving ode to friendship. All ages. celebrate Hanukkah wherever he may be. Eric Kimmel’s Simon and the Bear ($16.99, Disney Press, Once Upon an Alphabet 9781423143550) celebrates eight miracles: family, friendship, hope, selflessness, sharing, faith, courage, Oliver Jeffers, bestselling illustrator of The and love. Ages 4-7 Day the Crayons Quit , takes us on a creative journey from A through Z in Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters Frankenstein’s Fright ($26.99, Philomel, 9780399167911). Slyly Before Christmas funny and gorgeously illustrated, this series of Twelve young monsters live in an old, deteriorating interconnected stories and characters explores Victorian house with their guardian, Miss Devel. Santa the alphabet in a way you’ve never before experiences a whole series of mishaps while trying to experienced. Ages 3-5 deliver presents to the little monsters and instead of a present, young Frankenstein asks Santa to teach him Circle, Square, Moose how to fly. You’ll laugh yourself silly as the monsters Fun stories with themes of friendship, explo - pile into the sleigh and head for the North Pole in ration, and conflict resolution along with the Frankenstein’s Fright Before Christmas ($16.99, concept of shapes makes Circle, Square, Feiwel & Friends, 9780312553678), pure slapstick com - Moose ($17.99, Greenwillow, 9780062290038) edy from author Rick Walton and illustrator Nathan an ideal book to read aloud. Moose infiltrates Hale. Ages 4-8 the book and it is up to his best friend, Zebra, to restore order and save the day in this award- Natalie the Christmas winning triumph from Kelly Bingham and Paul Stocking Fairy O. Zelinsky. Ages 4-8 Jack Frost never gets anything in his Christmas stock - The Princess in Black ing, so this year, he’s decided that nobody else will, either! He’s stolen Natalie the Christmas Stocking Who says princesses don’t wear black? When Fairy’s three magic objects. Without them, Natalie trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess can’t make sure that kids all over the world get their Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and special presents. Can Kirsty and Rachel help their becomes the Princess in Black! While she is newest fairy friend? Or is the Christmas magic about to having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess fizzle and fade? Help find the magic objects in all three Wigtower a big blue monster is threatening the stories inside Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Natalie goats — and stopping monsters is no job for the Christmas Stocking Fairy ($6.99, Scholastic, dainty Princess Magnolia. From award-win - 9780545605403) by Daisy Meadows — and help save ning writing team of Shannon and Dean Hale the Christmas stocking magic! Ages 7-10 and illustrator LeUyen Pham, The Princess in Black ($14.99, Candlewick, 9780763665104) is 8 the first in a humorous and action-packed 6 chapter book series. Ages 6-8 I Love to Read!

Emma and the Blue Genie Spirit Animals: Cornelia Funk, beloved author of Inkheart , brings her imagination, adventure, and humor to Emma and the Blue Tales of the Great Beasts Genie ($9.99, Random House, 9780385375405). One night, In the world of Erdas, there’s a story of four animals who Emma finds a mysterious green bottle floating in the sacrificed everything to protect their homes. There is ocean. When she pulls out the stopper, she sets a blue Briggan the Wolf, Uraza the Leopard, Jhi the Panda, genie free! Most genies grant three wishes, but Karim can’t and Essix the Falcon. Before they were spirit ani - grant even one anymore. A yellow genie stole his magic Special mals, they were legends. Wise, cunning, gentle nose ring, leaving him small, powerless, and trapped in that Edition! and ruthless, you’ll discover the tales of the true bottle. Emma and her noodle-tailed dog have to help heroes and villains in the war that started it all in Karim get his nose ring — and his magic — back in this Spirit Animals: Tales of the Great Beasts ($12.99, story that feels like its own magic carpet ride. Ages 7-9 Scholastic, 9780545695169). Ages 9-12 The Magician’s Fire Waiting Is Not Easy! Young Harry Houdini spends his days with his two best Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to friends, Arthur and Billie. But when Harry’s friend and wait for it. And wait. And wait some more… Caldecott magical mentor, Herbie, disappears, the three friends Honor winner (and favorite author/illustrator) Mo Willems band together, determined to rescue the beloved magi - (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Knuffle Bunny ) cian. With nothing more than a mysterious puff of pur - tests our patience in his latest Elephant and Piggie adven - ple smoke, an ominous threat, and a menacing ture, Waiting Is Not Easy! ($8.99, Disney Press, Bulgarian for evidence, they embark on a dangerously 9781423199571). Ages 6-8 thrilling investigation that pushes their skill, and friend - ship, to the limits in The Magician’s Fire ($15.99, Jabberwocky, 9781492603320), the first in the Young Houdini series by Simon Nicholson. Ages 10-13

The Blazing Star Pennyroyal Academy In the fourth book in Erin Hunter’s bestselling Warriors Pennyroyal Academy is seeking bold, courageous youths series, The Dawn of the Clans arc takes us back to the earli - to become tomorrow’s princesses and knights. A girl est days of the Clans, when the cats first settled in the forest from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no and began to forge the warrior code. After each group has name and no idea why she is there, only to find herself agreed to a truce, a deadly disease threatens to strike deep at the center of a world at war. She is given the name into the heart of both camps and the cats must work togeth - “Evie,” and as she learns what it truly means to be a er to find the only thing that can save them. Jump into the princess, she realizes surprising things about herself and action in The Blazing Star ($16.99, HarperCollins, her family, about human compassion and inhuman cru - 9780062063588). Ages 8-12 elty. Pennyroyal Academy ($16.99, Putnam, 9780399163241) is the masterful debut of M.A. Larson that combines adventure, humor, and magical mischief. Ages 10+ Rain Reign Atlantia Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. She’s thrilled that “Can you hear Atlantia breathing?” For as long as she her own name is a homonym, and she purposely gave her can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign, Rein). When Above — of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. a storm hits their rural town and Rain goes missing, Rose has But in a single moment, all her plans for the future are to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpect - places to search. Ann M. Martin, author of the treasured ed decision, stranding Rio Below. Guided by a danger - Babysitter series, gives us a powerful story of a girl with emo - ous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that tional challenges and the dog she loves in Rain Reign leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her ($16.99, Feiwel & Friends, 9780312643003). Ages 9-12 mother’s death, her own destiny, and the complex sys - tem constructed to govern the divide between land and sea. Go on an extraordinary adventure with bestselling author Ally Condie in Atlantia ($18.99, Dutton, 9780525426448). 9 Ages 12-17 Fascinating Lives Jerry Lee Lewis Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry The Untold Story Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Her life story has been scrutinized countless times, yet Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the biographer Barbara Leaming shows us Jackie as she has world with hit records that gave rock and roll its devil’s never been seen before — from the spirited young edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary per - woman’s rejection of a predictable life beyond the trauma formances; suffered the deaths of two sons and two of her husband’s murder to seek a very different kind of wives, and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with life. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The nothing but the broken-down piano he started with. Untold Story ($27.99, Thomas Dunne, Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story ($27.99, Harper, 9781250017642) is a moving and very personal 9780062078223) is the Killer’s life as he lived it, and as he Available 11/25 portrait. shared it over two years with the greatest bard of Southern life: Rick Bragg.

The Great Reformer Billy Joel Austen Ivereigh, a journalist and commentator on religious Billy Joel began his journey as a pint-sized kid growing up and political affairs, tells the story not only of Jorge Mario in a cookie-cutter Long Island suburb and later as a rest - Bergoglio — the remarkable man whose background and less artist who broke into the 1970’s songwriting scene. total commitment to the discernment of God’s will trans - After sitting down with Joel for over 100 hours of exclu - formed him into Pope Francis — but delves into how he is sive interviews, Fred Schruers brings to life the stories using the power of his position to challenge and redirect that live within Joel’s songs and the path that made him a one of the world’s most formidable religions in The Great world-class music legend in Billy Joel ($29, Crown, Reformer ($30, Henry Holt, 9781627791571). 9780804140195).

Mr. Hockey This Gordie Howe is hockey’s greatest living legend, having an Even I Get to Experience incredible six decades in the sport and even playing for six Norman Lear, the legendary creator of iconic television years with his own two sons, Mark and Marty. The Hall of programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Famer has dominated both the sport and the record Good Times, The Jeffersons, and others, remade our tel - books, yet his name has long been a byword for decency evision culture — while leading a life of unparalleled and generosity. In Mr. Hockey ($27.95, Putnam, Even This I Get To political, civic, and social involvement. 9780399172915), we learn about his Depression-era Experience ($32.95, Penguin, 9781594205729), filled with childhood and early obstacles, the ups and downs of his storytelling and humor, is Lear’s own story of a life fully spectacular career, his enduring marriage and close rela - lived. tionship with his children, and his thoughts on the game of hockey today in Gordie Howe’s own words.

You’re Not Lost If You Can Still See the Truck Bill Heavey has become famous as America’s everyman outdoorsman through his writing for Field & Stream , the Washington Post , Outdoors , and other publications, where he was unafraid to draw attention to his many and varied failures. With Heavey’s trademark witty candor, You’re Not Lost if You Can Still See the Truck ($25, Atlantic Monthly, 9780802123022) traces a life lived outdoors through the good, the bad — and the downright hilarious. Available 12/9

10 Understanding Our World No Hero The Edge of the Sky In a companion volume to No Easy Day where former Using just a thousand of the most common words in the Navy Seal Mark Owen provided a first-hand account of English language, Roberto Trotta tells the story of the the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, No Hero: most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cos - The Evolution of a Navy Seal ($27.95, Dutton, 978- mology — from the big bang to black holes, from dark 0525954521) offers a close-up view of the personal expe - matter to dark energy — in The Edge of the Sky ($16.99, riences and values that made Owen and the SEALs he Basic, 9780465044719). Simple, but by no means simplis - served with capable of executing the missions we read tic, Trotta explains our complex, yet fascinating universe about in the headlines. on a human scale in this beautiful and engaging book.

The Accidental Superpower Political Order and Political Decay While America’s place in the world may appear to be Taking up the essential question of how societies develop weakening at the moment, strategist Peter Zeihan exam - strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, ines how geography, combined with demography and Francis Fukuyama follows the story from the French energy independence, is paving the way for one of the Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dys - great turning points in history, and one in which America functions of contemporary American politics in Political reasserts its global dominance in The Accidental Order and Political Decay ($35, FSG, 9780374227357). In Superpower ($28, Twelve, 9781455583669). From our this long-awaited second volume to his bestselling Origins knowledge and abilities in technology to our geography, of Political Order , Fukuyama offers a sweeping account of Zeihan explains how America is now the only developed the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state — country with enough young adults to maintain both eco - and boldly reckons with the political paralysis of the West nomic growth and capital generation beyond 2020. and the future of democracy.

The Wars of the Roses Nothing Is True and The crown of England changed hands five times over the Everything Is Possible course of the fifteenth century, as two branches of the In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show. It Plantagenet dynasty fought to the death for the right to is a world erupting with new money and new power, rule. In this entertaining follow-up to The Plantagenets , changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, home to a celebrated historian Dan Jones describes how the form of dictatorship — far subtler than twentieth-centu - longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart ry strains — that is rapidly rising to challenge the West. until it was finally replaced by the Tudors. Devour The Peter Pomerantev offers an unforgettable voyage into a Wars of the Roses ($36, Penguin, 9780670026678) and country spinning from decadence to madness in look for the four-part television series in 2015. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible ($25.99, PublicAffairs, 9781610394550). Village of Secrets High in the mountains of the Ardeche in eastern France The Internet Is Not the Answer lie tiny, remote villages united by a long and particular There is no doubt that the internet, and the new busi - history. During the Second World War, the inhabitants nesses it has enabled since its founding in the ‘60s, has of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and its parishes saved thou - transformed the world forever. Yet the internet has its sands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, Freemasons, dark side according to Silicon Valley entrepreneur communists, and, above all, Jews, many of them orphans Andrew Keen, like privacy issues and data mining by big whose parents had been deported to concentration business, not to mention the way it encourages a culture camps. In Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy of distraction, vulgarity, and narcissism. In The Internet France ($27.99, Harper, 9780062202475), bestselling Is Not the Answer ($25, Atlantic Monthly, author Caroline Moorehead reveals and pays tribute to 9780802123138), Keen identifies what’s necessary to turn a group of heroic individuals for whom saving others the internet into a tool that fosters art, small business, became more important than their own lives. innovation, and personal freedom. Avail. 1/6

Available 1/6 11 Eat, Laugh & Love The Pollan Family Table Dogs in Cars For generations, the Pollans have used fresh, local Can’t you just picture them … leaning out the ingredients to cook healthy, irresistible meals. window with tongues hanging and ears flapping? Michael Pollan, whose books have changed our cul - Photographer Lara Jo Regan goes to great ture and the way we think about food, offers the lengths to get these amazing shots, including foreword while family members Corky, Lori, Dana using a special harness that allows her to lean out and Tracy Pollan invite us into their kitchens, sharing the window and snap photos to capture the more than 100 of their family’s best recipes in The moment. Dog lovers will just love the photos of Pollan Family Table ($30, Scribner, 9781476746371). the cruising canines in Dogs in Cars ($19.95, Create the delicious meals and cultivate traditions Countryman, 9781581572797). that bring everyone back to the table. Glimpsing Heaven Around the Table If you know someone who has lost a loved one, When Martina McBride isn’t entertaining her mil - Glimpsing Heaven ($25, National Geographic, lions of fans on the road as one of country music’s 9781426213700) is a beautiful gift that shares sto - most beloved singers, she’s home hosting famous ries of those who died and then returned to life gatherings for family and friends. A farm girl true to with lucid, vivid memories of what occurred while her roots, Martina shares her recipes and tips that they were dead — with conclusions that are aston - make entertaining easy and enjoyable in Around the ishing. Journalist Judy Bachrach shares the stories Table: Recipes and Inspiration for Gatherings of individuals, scientific researchers, and medical Throughout the Year ($29.99, Wm. Morrow, practitioners to unravel the mysteries of the after - 9780062323910). Beautiful color photos and life — and redefine the meaning of both life and Martina’s personal memories make this a delightful death. keepsake whether you’re a Martina McBride fan, are an avid cookbook reader, or simply appreciate the down-home, comfortable style of entertaining. Me, Myself, and Us Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to brood? Do you think you’re in charge of your Fabio’s American Home Kitchen future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable Chef Fabio Viviani was born and raised in Florence, fate? Why do we do what we do? Pioneering Italy, where he perfected Italian cooking that has research psychologist Brian Little provides a live - made him famous, but has embraced the food of his ly, thought-provoking, and ultimately optimistic new home with a passion. Written in Fabio’s charm - look at the possibilities and perils of being unique - ing voice, Fabio’s Home Kitchen ($30, Hyperion, ly ourselves, while illuminating the selves of the 9781401312848) presents more than 125 Italian- familiar strangers we encounter, work with, and inspired recipes that are easy to follow with items love in Me, Myself, and Us ($26.99, PublicAffairs, found easily in any well-stocked supermarket to 9781586489670). A wise and witty look at how to savor while you’re eating at home alone or entertain - better understand ourselves and others. ing a crowd.

How to Cook Everything Fast Mark Bittman has been teaching us how to cook for years, and now, acknowledging the busy nature of our lives, shows us the short-cuts and tips for having a meal ready in anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes. JOY Bittman shows how anyone can spend just a little time cooking and be able to make 2,000 innovative recipes that are delicious, varied, exciting, — and HOPE made from scratch — in How to Cook Everything Fast ($35, HMH, 9780470936306). A perfect gift for all who want to greet the new year with a resolution LOVE to enjoy more meals at home. BOOKS 12 Staff Picks Shop Our Used Book New in Paperback! Annex for the Holidays!

The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts by Graham Robb (W.W. Norton) When stories of the Classical World are told, one civilization looms large, but whose story is left untold. We will never know who the Celts were—their steadfast refusal to commit Druidic knowledge to writing ensured that—but Robb’s book allows a greater understanding of them through how they organized their world, and provides a tantalizing glimpse of a civilization that once spanned most of Europe. Robb sheds some light on their impact on European human geography and history, despite efforts by the Romans and their successors to erase them. Part travelogue, part historiography, Robb’s book is engaging, fascinating, and thought- provoking. ~ Tim Above by Isla Morley (Gallery Books) Suspenseful, creepy, upsetting, and wickedly off, this is the story of 16-year-old Blythe, kidnapped by a survivalist who is certain the world as we know it will soon be gone and that the two of them will be perfect as the earth will need repopulat - ing. In a vast missile silo beneath the prairies of Kansas, Blythe fights her way through daily boredom, hatred of her captor, and intermittent terror and horror, but never loses hope that one day she will escape and make her way back home. This book is a sure draw for readers who liked Emma Donoghue’s Room and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones . ~ René Someone September marked the three-year anniversary of the by Alice McDermott (Picador) reopening of our Used Book Annex, and what a year This quietly told novel, which unfolds like an excellent memoir, follows Marie it has been, thanks to our loyal patrons and support - Commeford’s ordinary life, beginning in post-World War I Irish-American Brooklyn. Effortlessly slipping between realms of memory, and intimately linked ers. Come downstairs to visit this treasury of great with family and neighborhood, her sweetly sad and genuine voice tells a gently reads and gifts. transcendent tale, eloquent in its depiction of how we handle life’s passages. I loved this book. ~ John Browse thousands of used and often nearly new books in dozens of categories. Since we’re very par - Hild ticular about the books we accept, you’ll find an by Nicola Griffith (Picador) abundance of books in great shape for Holiday giv - Hild was by far my favorite book the season it came out in hardback. The story - ing. telling is magnificent and Hild is truly a woman for all times. ~ René The Murder Code Interested in trading in your used books? Read our by Steve Mosby (Pegasus Books) “What We Buy” handout for policies and guidelines, Andy Hicks and his partner Laura Fellowes are detectives in a British town with a or click the “Used Book” line in the “Store serial killer on the loose. The brazen killer strikes at will, terrorizing the town and Information” tab of our website. We accept two mocking Andy by sending him letters. As Andy probes the grisly cases, he finds medium-sized grocery bags of books between the himself battling his own demons as well, becoming more detached from his preg - first and fifteenth of each month unless otherwise nant wife Rachel, and jeopardizing their marriage. Aided by his partner, Andy’s noted. You can use your used book credit toward determination pays off, but not without a string of murders, lots of tension, and a new or used books or any other merchandise! Tell bit of marriage counseling. Highly acclaimed in the UK, Mosby is a master of the your friends about the Annex. Let’s have another character driven thriller. ~ Susan, Coordinator of the Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle great year! and our Mystery Book Group The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress Please note: We will not be accepting used by Ariel Lawhon (Doubleday) books during November and December. This mystery of 1930s New York City, revolving around the three women behind the disappearance of a prominent judge, is a really fun read! ~ Vivian 13 UPCOMING EVENTS AT EHBC

January 8th, Thursday, 7:30 pm fered by the men and women who serve them. “Tessa Arlen has JASON SCHMIDT a worthy debut… With a deliciously gruesome murder and an unlikely pair of sleuths, this is a treat for fans of Downton Abbey A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me: A Memoir who will want to devour it with a nice steaming pot of Earl Grey.” Seattle author Jason Schmidt debuts his remarkable, funny ~ best selling author Deanna Raybourn Mackie and disturbing young adult memoir. Schmidt wasn’t sur - prised when he came home one day during high school and January 29th, Thursday, 7:30 pm found his father, Mark, crawling around in a pool of blood. Such things had been happening since Mark had been diag - TOM GRAVES nosed with HIV three years earlier. Jason’s life with Mark Twice Heroes: America’s Nisei Veterans was full of secrets—about drugs, crime, and sex. If “the of WWII and Korea straights” ever found out, Jason’s home would be torn Tom Graves , San Francisco writer and photographer, apart. So the longstanding family rule was never to tell the spent a decade with Nisei soldiers of World War II and the straights anything. How did Jason find his moral center in a Korean War, determined to share their story, as told in world that didn’t seem to have one? words and photos in his beautiful new book. Nisei veterans recount their battles against wartime suspicion and racism, January 11th, Sunday, 3 pm and of overcoming them with courage and patriotism. At SUSAN E. LEVY first denigrated and mistrusted, Nisei veterans, now in their 80s and 90s, earned the praise of a nation, and ulti - The 8 Principles of a Heart-Healthy Woman: mately, a Congressional Gold Medal. The most decorated Making Better Choices for Life U.S. military unit in history, these men and women fought Get those New Year’s health resolutions off on the right while their families were interned in bleak American track with Bainbridge author Susan E. Levy , who uses her prison camps during World War II. own journey toward a heart-healthy life as a basis for her book’s practical advice, suggestions and inspiration for February 5th, Thursday, 7:00 pm steps you can use to blaze your own trail. Susan will discuss 45 action steps you can take now, how to build a OUR ANNUAL GALA Mediterranean Meal Plan, and how to begin your own BOOK GROUP NIGHT! Heart-Healthy Woman Group. She’ll also preview some of Calling all book groups! Hot on the heels of our Annual the 20 dietician-approved recipes you can make in five steps Book of the Year Survey, we present an evening that or fewer. promises to abound with ideas and camaraderie for the many bibliophiles belonging to book groups that call us headquarters. The event is open to all, January 15th, Thursday, 7:30 pm including those who seek a book group or wish to form one! With great fanfare, LIN KAYMER the Book of the Year winners will be announced. We will also host publisher reps Who is Mackie Spence? David Glenn and Katie Mehan from Random House, who will highlight up-and- coming books and offer advance copies of hot new titles. Free books, great read - A wildlife enthusiast and former journalist, Bainbridge ing recommendations, refreshments—this will surely be heaven for book debut author Lin Kaymer brings her sensitivity for wild groupies one and all! creatures to her young adult novel, an ecological love story about a girl named Mackie who comes back from a near- drowning experience with powers no one can explain. February 26th, Thursday, 7:30 pm Jeremy and Mackie have known each other since child - KATE DICAMILLO hood, but after her accident Jeremy sees how terrified, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature injured birds of prey grow calm in Mackie’s presence. “Stories Connect Us” He sees her with wild otters and other animals in situations that are beyond belief. Finally, something happens that not Don’t miss this very special appearance at Bainbridge High Kate DiCamillo only changes Jeremy’s future, but the way he will see life School Commons! , award-winning author forever. of the Middle Reader novels Because of Winn-Dixie , The Tale of Despereaux , and Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures , was named National Ambassador for Young January 22nd, Thursday, 7:30pm People’s Literature for 2014-15 by the Library of Congress. TESSA ARLEN In this role, DiCamillo raises national awareness of the Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lit - Join us in welcoming Bainbridge debut author Tessa eracy, education and the betterment of the lives of young people. An author for Arlen as she launches her novel of revenge, blackmail whom the theme of hope and belief amid impossible circumstances is a common and betrayal set in Edwardian England. The first in a thread in much of her work, DiCamillo says about stories, “When we read series, Arlen’s book draws readers into a world exclu - together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see each other.” sively enjoyed by the rich, privileged classes and suf - Stay tuned for more details on this opportunity to hear a great storyteller speak! 14 EHBC Book Groups Don’t Miss the Looking for an open book group? Downtown Newcomers & drop-ins welcome! Holiday Open All groups meet year-round at the bookstore Tuesdays at 7 pm House Eagle Harbor Reader’s Circle & Tree Lighting Meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm Saturday, Nov. 29th Tuesday, December 2nd, 7pm Tell No One by Harlan Coben Celebrate your Holidays in “… begins at a run and in no time is moving at an all-out Downtown Bainbridge! sprint… The characters are engaging and the strange goings-on Join us for cider, treats, and our will leave readers rapidly turning pages in search of fresh wonderful Holiday gift selections! clues.... [Coben] writes with wit and a shrewd sense of plotting.” Pick up your 2014 Passport & Holiday ~ San Francisco Chronicle. Guide and shop locally this holiday season for chances to win. Tuesday, January 6th, 7pm Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman “Stedman, a spectacularly sure storyteller, swept me to a remote island nearly a century ago, where a lighthouse keeper and his Eagle Dozen Card wife make a choice that shatters many lives, including their own. This is a novel in which justice for one character means anoth - er’s tragic loss, and we care desperately for both … extraordi - Now Electronic! narily moving.” ~ Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane Our frequent buyer program—The Eagle Dozen Book Club—is now available in a paperless form. Don’t worry, Eagle Harbor Mystery Book Group we still have the little green cards, and yours are good any time. But if you want to lighten your wallet or purse, just Meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7pm let us know and we'll sign you up. All you need to remem - Tuesday, November 25th, 7pm ber is to give us your name at the start of each purchase. Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski Novels) by Sara Paretsky Attention All Book Groups! America’s “most convincing and engaging” ( Entertainment Weekly ) female private-eye, V.I. Warshawski, is looking for a missing coed, but finds a large scam involving big business exec - Vote For Your Favorite utives, notorious underworld figures and murder. Book Group Book of the Year (No meeting in December) Tuesday, January 27th, 2015, 7pm The Snow Child, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody Mysteries) Lacks, Cutting for Stone —these memorable books are by Elizabeth Peters among the recent year-end favorites ( Cutting for This is the first in a beloved series. At thirty-two, strong-willed Stone won two years running!) of the many book Amelia Peabody decides to use her inheritance to pursue groups who register with us and pick up their books Egyptology. Amelia encounters a young woman and the two in our well-browsed Book Group Section. become fast friends, encountering mysteries, missing mummies, and an opinionated archaeologist who doesn’t need a woman’s What will be the Book Group Book of the Year for help—or so he thinks. 2014? As the end of the year approaches, please nominate your group’s three favorite discussion books for 2014 for our annual Book Group Survey. Eagle Harbor Speculative Fiction Reading Group Get your ballot at the front desk, email your choices Meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7pm to [email protected], submit them to Brendie, our Book Group Coordinator, or to any other staff member, or Tuesday, December 2nd, 7pm simply phone your results to 842-5332 by January 15th . Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card 0812550757 The sequel to Ender’s Game , this is the Hugo and Nebula One ballot per book group, please! For a list of past winners, most of which Award-winning classic in which Ender Wiggin, the young mili - are still available on our shelves for that special person on your holiday list, tary genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and just ask at the desk. Survey results will be announced at our fun-filled annual that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity’s Book Group Night celebration on Thursday, February 5th at 7pm. (See our strange new brothers. events listings, page 14.) 15 EHBC’s Annual Holiday Gift List for Kids!

Continuing one of our most cherished Holiday traditions, Alison, our peerless Children’s Buyer, has compiled a list, arranged by age group, of sure-fire recommendations for the Holiday Season. Check out our display of these fabulous books!

Baby & Toddler Ages 8-12 (continued) No Two Alike Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell by Keith Baker (Simon & Schuster) (Simon & Schuster) Ages 8-12 Two little red birds explore the snowy landscape in a Urban Outlaws by Peter Jay Black (Macmillan) Ages 10 & up charming board book. With simple, rhyming text and The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1) by Holly Black (Scholastic) Ages 9-12 lovely illustrations, each picture encourages the read - The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon (Candlewick) Ages 8-12 er to look carefully to see the similarities and differ - ences and to celebrate what is special and unique to Greenglass House by Kate Milford (Houghton Mifflin) Ages 10 & up each of us. ~ Alison Nuts To You by Lynne Rae Perkins (HarperCollins) Ages 8-12

The Bunny Rabbit Show by Sandra Boynton (Workman) Teens My First Library by Piper, Rathman and Freeman (Penguin) Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff (Simon & Schuster) Belzhar I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak (Scholastic) by Meg Wolitzer (Penguin) Unable to recover from a trauma, Jam is sent by her par - ents to a special school where she can heal. She is placed in an English class taught by the enigmatic Mrs. Q, who Ages 4-8 gives each student a journal to record their thoughts about the book they are reading, Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar . As Hunters of the Great Forest the story of each student’s reason for being at the school by Dennis Nolan (Macmillan) is revealed, they begin to heal together. With amazing Here is my favorite picture book of the year! A writing and unforgettable characters, this compelling group of seven tiny, gnomish beings—a grandma novel can be enjoyed by teens and adults. Ages 14 & up ~ Alison with a spear, a girl with a map and others—set off from a fairy tale village on an expedition. Through Firebug by Lish McBride (Macmillan) Ages 14 & up teamwork and blind luck, they manage to make their way over stones and roots and escape such terrors as a hungry blue jay and an angry chipmunk. By nightfall, The Accidental Highwayman by Ben Tripp (Macmillan) Ages 12 & up they capture their treasure—a marshmallow! This enchanting and merry adven - Endgame: The Calling by James Frey (HarperCollins) Ages 14 & up ture is told through the amazing visual storytelling of Nolan because this book is Unbroken (Young Adult Adaptation) wordless. ~ Alison by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House) Ages 12 & up Jackaby by William Ritter (Workman) Ages 12 & up Madame Martine by Sarah S. Brannen (Albert Whitman) A New Darkness by Joseph Delaney (HarperCollins) Ages 13 & up Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Random House) One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl (Simon & Schuster) Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea (Macmillan) For Adults & Kids to Share Herman’s Letter by Tom Percival (Macmillan) As An Oak Tree Grows Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton (Candlewick) by G. Brian Karas (Penguin) Flashlight by Lizi Boyd (Chronicle) A young boy plants an acorn and an oak tree sprouts. Each page shows the passing of time, as a house is built near the tree and the surrounding landscape becomes Ages 8-12 farmland and then a town and then a city. The wonder - ful illustrations show an attention to detail—even the Frostborn(Thrones and Bones #1) boats in the harbor evolve from canoe to schooner to by Lou Anders (Random House) motorboat—until the tree is felled by lightning and the cycle of the tree begins Karn is destined to take over the family farm in again. Here is a picture book to return to again and again. ~ Alison Norrongard. His only problem is he’d rather be playing the complex board game Thrones and Bones. Living in the mountains of this Nordic-like land is Thianna, half human, If Kids Ran the World by Leo Dillon (Scholastic) half frost giantess and unable to fit into either group. Before After by Matthias Aregui (Candlewick) These two unlikely allies join forces to survive in the The Fairy Tale Handbook by Libby Hamilton (Candlewick) wilderness and fight off dragons, undead warriors and an evil uncle. Ages 8-12 ~ Alison