The week's featured books

I?m adding two new works this week that are rather diverse. The first is an unforgettable first novel by Olympia, Wash. resident Jim Lynch, who has won national journalism awards. The Highest Tide is a mesmerizing, allegorical, and beautifully wrought first novel about one boy?s fascination with the sea during the summer that will change his life.

Also new this week is Wild Ducks Flying Backward, a collection of short writings by Tom Robbins, who lives in the Seattle area when he?s not travelling.

Another recent addition is Beyond the Valley of Thorns by Eastern Washingtonian Patrick Carman, the second in a three-part fantasy series for young people. It?s worth checking out.