Chesapeake & Hudson, Inc.

Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

12/27/2019

An avid member of the Hitler Youth in 1940s Vienna, Johannes Betzler discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa behind a false wall in their home. His initial horror turns to interest - then love and obsession. After his parents disappear, Johannes is the only one aware of Elsa's existence in the house and the only one responsible for her survival. - Michael Gourley

ISBN: 9781419740121 - Pub Date: 1/7/2020

The internationally bestselling novel, inspiring the major motion picture JoJo Rabbit.

An extraordinary, strikingly original novel that reveals a world of truth and lies both personal and political, Caging Skies is told through the eyes of Johannes Betzler, avid member of the Hitler Youth during World War II. Filled with admiration for the Fu¨hrer and Nazi ideals, he is shocked to discover his parents are hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa behind a false wall in their home in Vienna.

After he’s disfigured in a raid, Johannes focuses more and more on his connection with the girl behind the wall. His initial horror and revulsion turn to interest—and then obsession. After his parents disappear, Johannes is the only one aware of Elsa’s existence in the house, and he alone is responsible for her fate. Drawing strength from his daydreams about Hitler, Johannes plans for the end of the war and what it might mean for him and Elsa.

The inspiration for the major film Jojo Rabbit, directed by Taika Waititi, Caging Skies, sold in twenty-two countries, is a work of rare power; a stylistic and storytelling triumph. Startling, blackly comic, and written in Christine Leunens’s gorgeous, muscular prose, this novel, her US debut, is singular and unforgettable.

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True Grit: 50th Anniversary Edition

8/21/2019

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ISBN: 9781468316407

"Do yourself a favor and read or re-read True Grit. This 50th anniversary edition has new essays and materials that reinforce just how much we love Charles Portis. Some days I feel like Mattie. Other days I feel like Rooster."

- Janine

Abrams/Overlook Press
$16.95
Deckled edges, French Flaps
Available

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In the Cairngorms; Wild Geese; Into the Mountain

4/23/2019

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ISBN: 9781903385333

ISBN: 9781903385791

ISBN: 9781903385784

“Fan of Mary Oliver or Terry Tempest Williams? Scottish author Nan Shepherd is an author you will enjoy. The harsh, lush, and dramatic Scottish Highlands permeate her poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Best known for The Living Mountain, her crystalline prose homage to the Cairngorm Mountains, we are happy to have three titles from Ms. Shepherd on the SCB Spring19 list from Galileo Publishers: In the Cairngorms, a collection of poems; Wild Geese, a collection of fiction, essays, and poems; and Into the Mountain, a biography. You’re in for a treat reading her, and hope your customers will agree.”

- Keith Arsenault

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Women + Patterns + Plants

3/27/2019

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SCB - ISBN: 9781912634057

I'm a huge fan of Women + Patterns + Plants! It is part inspiration, part yoga, part journal and really cool. Love the spot varnish on the front and back cover. - Janine Jensen

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Women + Patterns + Plants is a self-care colouring book made up of stunning black-and-white line work featuring women, patterns and plants. These bold illustrations are crying out for your coloured pencils and felt pens. Immerse in the divine feminine energy and wonderful natural imagery, and rekindle your creativity as you work your way through Sarina's empowering drawings. This lovely little colouring book makes a perfect gift!

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The Crossing Places

3/27/2019

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HMH is putting the Ely Griffiths mysteries in mass market and I finally picked one up and now the rest are next to the bed. Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist, gets recruited by the local DCI to help solve new and old cases. - Steve Straw

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An atmospheric adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and “captivating amateur sleuth” Ruth Galloway, as she teams up with Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson to investigate a set of remains, thought to be the bones of a little girl who went missing ten years before—“an inspired creation” (Louise Penny).

Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her cats in a remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine is harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Ruth for help, believing the bones to be the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor taunts him with bizarre letters referencing ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy.

Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth’s remote home?

HMH - ISBN: 9781328622372

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Let Me Sleep Sheep

3/27/2019

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Candlewick - ISBN: 9781536205473

Amos starts to count sheep to get to sleep, but the sheep revolt when there’s no fence for them to jump over. A great read aloud. - Steve Straw

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Amos is counting himself to sleep. It’s a good plan, until the cranky sheep land in his bedroom — and start in with their many demands.

It’s bedtime for Amos, who smiles as he closes his eyes and counts some fluffy sheep trotting away in the grass. Until suddenly…THUD. And then another. “Not again!” says the first sheep, now on Amos’s floor. “I was having my wool clipped,” grumbles the second. None too happy at being interrupted, the woolly pair fire a battery of questions at Amos, most importantly: "Where’s the fence?" So Amos sets out to build one to their specifications, then is asked to test it out, of course…. In this laugh-out-loud read-aloud, a couple of crafty sheep put a child through his paces — and show that a tuckered-out kid at bedtime is a win-win all around.

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GRAB & GO FOR SPRING 2020

Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

True Grit: 50th Anniversary Edition

In the Cairngorms; Wild Geese; Into the Mountain

Women + Patterns + Plants

The Crossing Places

Let Me Sleep Sheep