Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

Hattie Big Sky

by Kirby Larson

Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim.

For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper.

Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a "Loyal" American, forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover the true meaning of home.

About the Author

After Kirby Larson heard a snippet of a story about her great-grandmother homesteading in eastern Montana, she spent three years working on this story. The author lives in Kenmore, WA.

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Jan 28, 2007

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and PNBA. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Week ending January 28, 2007.

All these books are available through northwest-books.com.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. You Suck, Christopher Moore
2. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
3. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
4. Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison
5. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
6. Plum Lovin', Janet Evanovich
7. Web of Evil, J.A. Jance
8. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
9. The Terror, Dan Simmons
10. Thirst, Mary Oliver

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
2. The Best Life Diet, Bob Greene
3. Palestine, Jimmy Carter
4. About Alice, Calvin Trillin
5. You: On a Diet, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
6. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
7. Power, Faith, and Fantasy, Michael B. Oren
8. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne (Ed.)
9. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron
10. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins

MASS MARKET

1. S Is for Silence, Sue Grafton
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
3. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, Lilian Jackson Braun
4. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
5. The Two Minute Rule, Robert Crais
6. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
7. A Small Death in Lisbon, Robert Wilson
8. The South Beach Diet, Arthur Agatston, M.D.
9. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
10. False Impression, Jeffrey Archer

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Forever in Blue (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #4), Ann Brashares
2. Flotsam, David Wiesner
3. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
4. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
5. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
6. Sunset (Warriors, The New Prophecy Series #6), Erin W. Hunter
7. Into the Wild (Warriors #1), Erin W. Hunter
8. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
9. Skippyjon Jones, Judith Schachner
10. Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Jan 14, 2007

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending January 14, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. What Is the What, Dave Eggers
2. Plum Lovin', Janet Evanovich
3. Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison
4. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
5. The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig
6. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
7. Thirst, Mary Oliver
8. Next, Michael Crichton
9. Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier
10. Web of Evil, J.A. Jance

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
2. You: On a Diet, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
3. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
4. Marley & Me, John Grogan
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron
6. Cesar's Way, Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
7. About Alice, Calvin Trillin
8. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
9. The Intellectual Devotional, David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim
10. Thunderstruck, Erik Larson

MASS MARKET

1. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, Lilian Jackson Braun
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
3. S Is for Silence, Sue Grafton
4. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
5. The Hunt Club, John Lescroart
6. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)
7. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. The Jury Master, Robert Dugoni
9. A Small Death in Lisbon, Robert Wilson
10. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Forever in Blue (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, #4), Ann Brashares
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
3. Sunset (Warriors, The New Prophecy Series #6), Erin W. Hunter
4. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
5. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
6. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
7. Into the Wild (Warriors #1), Erin W. Hunter
8. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
9. Good Night, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling

Web of Evil by J. A. Jance

Web of Evil
by J. A. Jance

The incomparable J.A. Jance returns with a powerhouse tale of suspense: a return to the characters from her New York Times bestseller, Edge of Evil, that reveals the darkness at the heart of promises unfulfilled and danger unrelenting....WEB OF EVIL.

The highway from Los Angeles to the Palm Springs desert is parched, unforgiving, and deadly. In the suffocating stillness of a car trunk, a man -- his mouth and hands bound with tape -- waits to learn his fate. Fortunately for him, he'll never know. What possible enemy could be bitter enough to commit such a heinous crime? And when will the monster make another move?

Ali Reynolds is traveling that same blistering, lonesome highway, looking forward to putting her past behind her. She'd left Los Angeles for the home comforts of Sedona, Arizona, and the satisfaction of a blog, cutlooseblog.com. But her cheating husband is in a hurry for a divorce; his very young and very pregnant fiancée has a wedding planned for the next day. And the television network that wrongfully dismissed Ali for the sole sin of being over forty will face her in court as well. So Ali must return to the scene of those crimes. As she passes the site of a horrifying accident, she thanks goodness it's no longer her job to report the news. Until she finds out the news is her own.... For the victim is Ali's cheating husband, and soon she'll find herself the prime suspect at the center of a terrifying web of evil.

Web of Evil gives us J. A. Jance at her most masterful in a twisted and lethal drama of heart-pounding suspense that asks the question: If hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, just what punishment could that fury unleash?

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Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Jan. 7, 2007

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending January 7, 2007.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
2. The Shape Shifter, Tony Hillerman
3. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
4. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
5. Next, Michael Crichton
6. Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier
7. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
8. Thirst, Mary Oliver
9. The Hunters, W.E.B. Griffin
10. Nature Girl, Carl Hiaasen

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. You: On a Diet, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
2. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
3. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
4. Marley & Me, John Grogan
5. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
6. Palestine, Jimmy Carter
7. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron
8. Cesar's Way, Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
9. Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Ed.), Irma S. Rombauer, et al.
10. Thunderstruck, Erik Larson

MASS MARKET

1. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, Lilian Jackson Braun
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
3. S Is for Silence, Sue Grafton
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
5. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
6. Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
7. A Small Death in Lisbon, Robert Wilson
8. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
9. Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
10. New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword Dictionary, Edy Garcia Schaffer (Ed.)

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Sunset (Warriors, The New Prophecy Series #6), Erin W. Hunter
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
3. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
4. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
6. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $8.99, 9780316015844
7. Season of the Sandstorms (Magic Tree House Series #34), Mary Pope Osborne
8. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
9. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling

Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending Dec. 31, 2006

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending December 31, 2006.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
2. Nature Girl, Carl Hiaasen
3. The Shape Shifter, Tony Hillerman
4. Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier
5. Next, Michael Crichton
6. The Lay of the Land, Richard Ford
7. The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig
8. Ines of My Soul, Isabel Allende
9. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
10. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
2. The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
4. You: On a Diet, Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
5. Marley & Me, John Grogan
6. Palestine, Jimmy Carter
7. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron
8. Cesar's Way, Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
9. The Intellectual Devotional, David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim
10. Thunderstruck, Erik Larson

MASS MARKET

1. S Is for Silence, Sue Grafton
2. Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
3. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, Lilian Jackson Braun
4. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
5. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
6. Running With Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
7. One Shot, Lee Child
8. Blindfold Game, Dana Stabenow
9. Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
10. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Sunset (Warriors, The New Prophecy Series #6), Erin W. Hunter
2. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
3. The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5), Eoin Colfer
4. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13), Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illus.)
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
6. Season of the Sandstorms (Magic Tree House Series #34), Mary Pope Osborne
7. Eldest , Christopher Paolini
8. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
9. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
10. Pirateology, Captain William Lubber