Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem by Barnett, Mac, Rex, Adam Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $16.99 Published: Hyperion Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days When Billy doesn't clean his room yet again, his mom finally makes good on her threat and buys him a pet ... whale! With laugh-out-loud moments on every page, kids are sure to want to read this one again and again.--Shannon Grant, Books Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
	The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Jinks, Catherine Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $17.00 Published: Harcourt Children's Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. There's nothing romantic or dashing about vampires in Catherine Jinks' The Reformed Vampire Support Group. Imagine being 15 -- forever -- and living with your aging mother. Nina envisions boredom, nausea, and attending support group meetings until the end of time. But when one of their number is killed, this puny band of guinea pig-suckers (don't ask) has to solve the mystery of their attacker or die (for good). Clever, thrilling, and, yes, very funny.--Rosemary Pugliese, Quail Ridge Books & Music (Raleigh, NC)
	The Angel's Game by Ruiz Zafon, Carlos Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $26.95 Published: Doubleday Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In the tradition of Dickens, who wrote books that enjoyed massive success in their time, The Angel's Game is a guaranteed page turner with many twists and turns of plot, a touch of horror, and much suspense. The story takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, the Sempere and Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona's old quarter, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul. The book is an examination of the power of books to change our lives in ways we don't even realize.--Milane Christiansen, The Book Works (Del Mar, CA)
	Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Lewis, Michael Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $23.95 Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Michael Lewis has written a hilarious, yet moving account of his coming to terms with fatherhood. No mushy tribute to the joys of fatherhood, Lewis' book addresses the good, the bad, and the merely baffling about having kids. A wonderful read.--Mitch Gaslin , Food For Thought Books (Amherst, MA)
	The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Howe, Katherine Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.99 Published: Hyperion Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Connie Goodwin should be writing her Ph.D. dissertation. Instead, her mother has asked her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, Massachusetts. While cleaning up the years of dust and cobwebs, Connie makes discoveries that lead her back to the world of the Salem witch trials. Howe does a superb job at combining modern day language with the 17th century voices, pulling you even deeper into a story of mystery and witches. Marvelous and terrifying at the same time. I loved it!--Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books (Mystic, CT)
	Shanghai Girls by See, Lisa Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.00 Published: Random House, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Beginning in prewar Shanghai of the 1930s, Shanghai Girls tells an emotional story of two sisters who are 'pawned' in arranged marriages and sent to America as payment for a family debt. Lisa See has written a novel of sacrifice and newfound dreams that you must read.--Carol Hicks, Bookshelf At Hooligan Rocks (Truckee, CA)
	Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Ollestad, Norman Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.99 Published: Ecco, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Crazy for the Storm is a riveting account of survival. Norman Ollestad weaves the story of his unconventional early childhood and the details of a horrible airplane crash into a brilliant tribute to his adventurous father.--Jamie Robinson, Bestsellers Books & Coffee Co. (Mason, MI)
	Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Perry, Michael Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.99 Published: Harper, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Our favorite, home-spun memoirist is back with his most heart-felt, moving and always hilarious recollections of his new life on 'the farm', with a brand new baby, and of course, his long-awaited coop of chickens. A delight to read.--Diane Gressman, Books & Company (Oconomowoc, WI)
	The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $27.95 Published: Penguin Press, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In this book, which is full of observations and maps, we see the world through the eyes of a Cheerio-obsessed twelve-year-old with the wisdom of an old soul. It is funny, tender, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and full of insight. On every page there was something that I wanted to read aloud to anyone who would listen.--Jake Hallman, A Great Good Place for Books (Oakland, CA)
	The Gift of Rain by Eng, Tan Twan Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $23.95 Published: Weinstein Books, 2008 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Set in Malaya over several decades, the book opens in 1939, when Philip, a half-Chinese, half-British teenager becomes the student and guide for a Japanese diplomat who becomes his Sensei master. It is only after the Japanese invade Malaya that the boy realizes that his teacher, to whom he has proudly shown and told so much, is a Japanese spy. Intrigue, love, politics, and war are intricately woven together in this story of complex and fascinating characters.--Elaine Petrocelli, Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)