Did you know that PNBA Award-winning novelist Martha Brockenbrough is a rigorous researcher and fact-smack-down nonfiction writer? Her most recent book, Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump, is full of background information that might be particularly interesting to Americans following the impeachment process. The biography provides details and meticulously-noted documentation for facts that Trump probably …
Empowering, engrossing, and absolutely fascinating, this is a stunning YA novel. The rich fantasy world pairs perfectly with very vivid, very complex characters. You’ll be waiting with bated breath for the follow-up! –Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA A stunning sequel to Girls of Paper and Fire! This book is enticing, powerful, and …
Two Pacific Northwest booksellers recently joined the American Booksellers Association Board of Directors. Jenny Cohen of Waucoma Books in Hood River, OR and Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, WA started on the board this spring. They were the point people on a bookstore bus tour for booksellers at a recent national …
One little taco truck learns to share in marvelous new inclusive way that makes room for everyone. A book that acknowledges the challenges of change and the friendships that come with finding your community and where you belong. A bright book bursting with color and flavors with a much bigger message! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public …
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I was in downtown Seattle with visiting family and walked by the former location of the Seattle Mystery Bookshop, which closed a little over a year ago after 27 years of helping readers find great mysteries. If you understand my sadness at that empty storefront, then you probably also understand my …
It is rare and wonderful to find a book that takes me completely by surprise. This one did. Twice. –Kim R., Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA Delve into this stunning, complex world— and relish the fact that you don’t have to wait to read the whole trilogy since the final volume is already out. …
Sometimes you just fall in love with a book and everything it represents. Rosie Revere is back in an all-new chapter book series that might just be the best early chapter book series ever engineered! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA This is a fun, well-illustrated early chapter book that encompasses all the zany …
What a treat to have not just one fun book, but a whole trilogy to dive into this summer! I am so happy that I finally got around to reading the first of this sassy, compulsive series set in modern Singapore. The “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” elements combine with skewering social commentary and …
Daisy’s older sister is marrying into the British royal family, but Daisy is not paparazzi-ready (nor does she want to be). But maybe she can stay true to herself and even have some fun with all the makeovers, A-list hijinks, and royal wedding prep… This is a teen novel, but for anyone who enjoys a …
Simple and inspiring. We all have those days, when we’re afraid and sad because of the news; this book shows us how to step outside the fear “to make the world a better place.” Hand in hand, kindness by kindness, we can make a difference and win “a tiny battle over fear for [ourselves] and …
