Book Launch with Marisa Churchill
In conversation with Joanna Ho
Saturday, December 13 at 6pm

We’re excited to welcome author Marisa Churchill to share her YA debut novel, Secrets, Spells, and Chocolate. Marisa will be joined in conversation by New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho.

At the world’s greatest magical cooking school, risks matter just as much as whisks.

Sylvie Jones has been dreaming of attending her mom’s alma mater, Brindille School of Culinary Arts and Magic, since she was old enough to reach the stove. Unfortunately, her last name has a horrible stain on it, something that could destroy her dream. So when Sylvie is given the chance to prove her skills and put an end to the rumors that her mother cheated her way to victory at the most prestigious magical cooking competition, The Golden Whisk, she takes it.

But the opportunity may not be all that it’s cracked up to be. If Sylvie truly wants to make her own mark and earn a place at Brindille, she needs to uncover the truth about what happened all those years ago. But some will go to great lengths to ensure Sylvie fails, and she soon finds herself tangled in a web of deceit.

With the unlikely help of frenemy Georgia Shaw and rising-star student Flora Jackson, Sylvie must find a way to get to The Golden Whisk All-Stars competition and uncover the past before time runs out. Will she be able to redeem her family’s name and save her future, or will it all end in burned butter and broken dreams?

Book Launch with Chanel Miller
at Christ Episcopal Church in Los Altos
Wednesday, January 21 at 6:30pm
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Linden Tree Books is excited to welcome back New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Chanel Miller to celebrate the release of her wonderful new middle-grade novel, The Moon Without Stars.

This event will be held at Christ Episcopal Church at 1040 Border Road in Los Altos, CA. It will include a presentation, audience Q&A, and book signing.

This is a ticketed event. Each ticket includes admission for up to two people and one hardcover copy of The Moon Without Stars. Additional copies of The Moon Without Stars and Chanel’s other books will be available for purchase at the event.

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What's the deal with middle school, anyway? In The Moon Without Stars, Newbery Honor-winning author and artist Chanel Miller explores the glorious mess that is middle school—and the way growing up, finding friends, and discovering who you are can be both awkward and empowering.

At the beginning of seventh grade, Luna knows who she is: an observant, quiet girl who loves writing and making zines with her best friend, Scott. But when one of their zines takes off, somehow Luna is swept up into the popular group and learns just how much of herself she's going to have to compromise to stay there. Will she give up her writing? Her best friend? What about her own beliefs about who she is and what she stands for?

In a contemporary novel that feels like today’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Newbery Honor winner and bestselling author Chanel Miller explores what it means to lose and then find yourself again in the middle of middle school.

Middle Grade Book Club: The Vale
Sunday, January 25 at 4pm

It’s the next meeting of our middle grade book club for ages 9+! Led by bookseller extraordinaire Lorilee, we hope to introduce interested readers to amazing new books and the opportunity to talk about them in a fun, relaxed group setting.

This month’s book is The Vale, an adventure about a world that grows by the power of imagination. Please email [email protected] to RSVP.

Thirteen-year-old Bran Joseph Lee has spent half his life building the Vale, an immersive, AI-generated, virtual-reality environment using technology created by his inventor parents. It's a lush fantasy world complete with a Blue Forest, a Castle, and adventures with his mushroom-obsessed Elf named Gnomly—a much better place to spend his days compared to his real life, where his parents have suffered through the failed launches of one invention after another.

Bran wants nothing more than to see his Elves come fully to life, a hope that seems on the brink of reality when he enters the Vale in a multi-million-dollar competition to fund its further development. But instead, things in the Vale begin to go wrong: The sunlight is fading. A beautiful girl appears from nowhere. A wizard is stealing from the Vale’s inhabitants. And the strangest part of all is that none of this is the young inventor’s doing.

Can Bran and Gnomly uncover the truth of what is happening before both their worlds are destroyed?

Upcoming book club meetings: 

• Sunday, February 22
• Sunday, March 22
• Sunday, April 26

Book Launch with Petra Lord
In conversation with Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Thursday, February 5 at 6pm

Linden Tree Books is excited to welcome author Petra Lord for the launch of her debut novel, Queen of Faces, a dark academia fantasy that follows a desperate girl at a cutthroat magical academy who faces a choice between life and death: become an assassin for the enchanted elite or watch her decaying body draw its last breath. Petra will be in conversation with one of our favorite local authors, Maggie Tokuda-Hall.

Anabelle Gage is trapped in a male body, and it’s rotting from the inside out. In Caimor, where the magical elite buy and swap designer bodies like clothes, Ana can’t afford to escape her tattered form. When she fails the entrance exam to the prestigious Paragon Academy, her last hope of earning a new body implodes. As the clock ticks down to her last breath, she’s forced to use her illusion magic to steal a healthy chassis—before her own kills her.

But Ana is caught by none other than the headmaster of Paragon Academy, who poses a brutal ultimatum: face execution for her crime or become a mercenary at his command. Revolt brews in Caimor's smog-choked underworld, and the wealthy and powerful will stop at nothing to take down the rebels and the infamous dark witch at their helm, the Black Wraith.

With no choice but to accept, Ana will steal, fight, and kill her way to salvation. But her survival depends on a dangerous band of renegades: an impulsive assassin, a brooding bombmaker, and an alluring exile who might just spell her ruin. As Ana is drawn into a tangled web of secrets, the line between villain and hero shatters—and Ana must decide which side is worth dying for.

Stories, Songs, and Silliness with Miss Leslie
Thursdays at 10:30am

Join us every Thursday morning at 10:30am for stories, songs, and silliness featuring our own Miss Leslie! We’ll sing, dance, read stories, and have a blast on the patio in front of our store. All ages are welcome.

Baby Storytime with Miss Leslie
Thursdays at 11:15am

Outdoor Storytimes
Sundays at 10:30am

Join us every Sunday morning at 10:30am in front of the store as one of our booksellers (or perhaps a local author) shares some of their favorite read-alouds. (Grab a tasty treat from our neighbors at Manresa Bread while your kids enjoy the stories!) All storytimes feature picture books and are appropriate for all ages.