BOOK SYNOPSIS
A new heartwarming middle-grade story from the critically acclaimed author Heather Smith featuring Tig, a young girl struggling to find peace within herself and in her new family. For fans of Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.
After months of living without electricity or parents, Tig and Peter are forced to move in with their Uncle Scott and his partner, Manny. The transition from down-and-out to picture-perfect isn’t easy, especially in pristine Wensleydale with the idyllic couple and their beautiful home.
Tig, with Peter’s support, decides to make their new life messy, starting with daily arguments and her plans to become a competitive cheese racer. She’ll run circles around her new guardians, outrun a wheel of cheese, and leave her past buried in her dust.
But things don’t always go as planned, and Tig must decide what to truly leave behind in order to move forward.
HEATHER SMITH
Heather Smith is the author of books for young people, including the award-winning The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden. Other notable picture books include A Plan for Pops and Waking Ben Doldrums. Her YA novel The Agony of Bun O’Keefe won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award and Barry Squires, Full Tilt was nominated for the prestigious Dublin Literary Award. Heather has also written a middle-grade novel called Ebb and Flow which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Originally from Newfoundland, Heather now lives in Waterloo, Ontario, with her family.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.heathertsmith.com
Instagram: @heather.t.smith
Facebook: @HeatherWritesBooks
Email: Heather@heathertsmith.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tig (2024)
The Boy, the Cloud and the Very Tall Tale (2023)
Granny Left Me a Rocket Ship (2023)
Waking Ben Doldrums (2023)
Annie’s Cat is Sad (2022)
Slowpoke the Bell Island Mine Horse (2021)
Barry Squires, Full Tilt (2020)
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden (2019)
Chicken Girl (2019)
A Plan for Pops (2019)
