Books Inc. Palo Alto
Phone: (650)-321-0600
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Veteran independent bookseller providing fiction & nonfiction, plus kids' titles.
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Staff Favorites
Frannie's journey from slave to lover to prisoner is an intriguing one brilliantly told through her own eyes. The unfolding saga of Frannie has unexpected twists and details, insights and ideas bursting forth. It is historical fiction, a love story, a crime drama, and you will not want to stop until you have turned the final page.
- Cheenie
Fuzzy Mud by the much beloved Louis Sachar presents readers with an ethical dilemma with a cast of real, authentic young people. Our heros are a very brave, and very virtuous Fifth grade girl named Tamaya Dhilwaddi and her close friend seventh grader Marshal Walsh who have known each other since early childhood and they walk home from Woodbridge academy everyday. Here enters Chad Wilson, the bully that interrupts their walk home one day and it is then that our adventure starts in earnest. The resulting hero’s quest for our brave troop of youngsters leaves readers thinking about the role of bravery, ethics and virtues in our everyday lives. This playful but honest look at our biological realities is sure to leave all readers with food for thought consider how to deal with how to deal with the "fuzzy mud" in our lives.
- Drew
