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Fifteen-year-old Brandy Shaw, like most girls her age, deals with private demons. Forced to leave her hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Denton, Florida, she manages to forget the boy she left behind for a new one, Travis Daly. But Travis has his own problems that end up affecting Brandy in a number of destructive ways.

Jack Turner has returned to his hometown of Denton, Florida, to live there for the first time in 18 years. Despite a career as a criminal defense attorney and the companionship of his new dog, Brinkley, Jack is haunted by what is missing in his life. Whether it’s the unanswered questions about his brother, Rick, who never returned from Vietnam, or a budding romance with Jenny Walton, Jack is wary of getting close to anyone beyond a few trusted friends and his beloved dogs.

She fixes what's broken. He's learning to let her in. Maren Kowalski is the best equipment manager the college hockey team has ever had. At five feet tall, she's earned her nickname—Twig—and the respect of every player who's watched her work miracles with tape, tools, and sheer determination. She notices everything: a worn skate blade, a failing helmet buckle, the way her boyfriend favors his left shoulder months after everyone else stopped asking about it. Jake Lindqvist is the defenseman who fell for her the moment she fixed a teammate's helmet in ninety seconds flat. Now they share ...

Paul Hanson's life is anything but ideal, but it gets worse when he is burned in a house fire that kills his mother. In addition to dealing with the pain and suffering involved in recovery, he is also ostracized by his peers and is being questioned about the fire. His life takes a turn for the better when he is taken in by Jack Turner and his wife, Jenny. Jack had suffered an unhappy childhood himself and knows that Paul is going through more than any thirteen-year-old should.

It's 1968 in the rural coastline town of Denton, Florida, and the only thing with a tougher life than 12-year-old Jack Turner is a starving dog named Bones. When they meet while Jack is fishing, Jack knows that he and Bones are meant for each other, and he promises his oft-absent alcoholic parents that he'll somehow get a job to pay for his new dog's food and care.

Louella Twig is the only witch of her kind, much to the disappointment of her former mentor and her previous academic ambitions. While others connect to nature as their source of magic, Louella has an affinity with books. She lives a cosy, stable life, until she collides - quite literally - with a mysterious man between the Romance and Adventure aisles. Everett Sharp is handsome, charming... and a rogue on the run.

Masuo Yasui arrived in America in 1903 with big dreams and empty pockets. He worked on the railroads, in a cannery, and as a houseboy before settling in Oregon to open a store, raise a large family, and become one of the area's most successful orchardists. But his family's life changed forever on December 7, 1941, when they were forced from their homes into vast inland camps. Although shamed and broken, the Yasui family would yet endure to claim their place as Americans.

Thirteen-year-old Maureen Lindstrom has serious misgivings when her grandmother comes to live with her and her mother. They’ve never been close, despite living in the same town of Denton, Florida, where Maureen has grown up. Despite her hope that their relationship would improve, it doesn't start well and only gets worse.

Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair: Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that Harlem life throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they'll be stuck in the same place forever in this touching and raw new teen novel from Walter Dean Myers.

It's the story of 13-year-old Becky (Twig) Cooper, who is trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia, running for its life. Not even Twig's vivid imagination and keen wit are enough to help her endure the assaults of Helen and a new stepbrother, but help comes from an unexpected source - Frank, her stepfather. Sometimes, having one person who believes in you is all a girl needs to keep hope alive.

This is the story of Willow 'Twig' Olsen, a woman of Scandinavian descent, who was trapped into an existence of traditional servitude for the first 38 years of her life, and what transpires after her last parent dies, and she is finally free to seek male companionship, as she has long desired. What happens thereafter is a whirlwind of unexpected events that lead to greed, deception, and eventually murder.

A loving story about a baby giraffe who has no friends. One day, he saves all the animals from Mr. Lion. From that day on, wherever he goes, he is loved by all the animals on the grasslands of Africa.

First published in 1915, The Bent Twig is the first of Dorothy Canfield's novels to give fictional form to the Montessori method and to reflect the insights into education and human development that she gained in Rome while visiting Maria Montessori.

Ziggy Twig is a brave explorer, and she is sure she can find something bigger, better and splashier for everyone to play in. But Ziggy runs into a big, droolly dragon! Stump's favourite splinter is missing! Red is THRILLED when he discovers that he can do magic! Noodle is an ARTY twig, and today, she's decorating the Big Tree. But her friends joined in – and now the Big Tree is a MESS!

"Meditations for Christians of the Third Millennium—Thirty-One Christian Meditations that will change Your Life and the World" invites readers into a transformative spiritual journey, harmonizing timeless wisdom with a fresh approach to faith. This book draws deeply from the teachings of profound early modern and contemporary Christian thinkers. It explores the boundless depths of God's love, weaving insights from pillars of spirituality like Saint Thérèse of Lisieux’s childlike trust, Saint Teresa of Avila’s mystical dynamism, and Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s disciplined ...

The world is big when you're a twig, but problems, surprises – and even volcanoes – are no match for Red, Ziggy, Noodle and Stump! In three adorably funny comic stories, Red Twig discovers that not all surprises are good when he accidentally ruins his friends' snail zoo, Ziggy and Stump discover a volcano (or is it?), and Noodle tries and fails to find blue paint in nature. And at the end, young listeners can learn to make their own twig friend with simple step-by-step instructions!

From Twig to Spark is a journey through humanity’s oldest art: storytelling. Gathering three books from The Chronicles of a Wandering Mind series—Summoning Fables, Illuminating Fables, and Transcending Fables—Linda A Lavid explores how story first rose from the need to survive, how it grew into myth and morality, and how it continues to evolve in the age of the machine. Through essays, fables, and reflections, Lavid follows story’s transformation from breath to inscription, from oral imagination to written word to digital pulse. Each part rekindles our shared flame of wonder: how ...

The twiggy friends are having a pool party! Ziggy Twig is a brave explorer, and she is sure she can find something bigger, better and splashier for everyone to play in. That is, until she runs into a big, droolly... DRAGON! Will our explorer find her way back to the twigs? Or is her latest adventure one splash too far? Stump's favourite splinter is missing! Can Stump's twiggy friends help him get rid of his grumpy, or will he be grumpy forever?

Snake and Lizard live together in a burrow in the desert. They are such good friends that Lizard decides to display their names above the burrow entrance. But three small words can cause trouble between friends. They must decide whose name should appear first. Then Lizard makes an unfortunate spelling mistake—he thinks it’s very funny but Snake is not laughing. Snake finds some spelling of her own that will teach Lizard a lesson!

Red is thrilled when he discovers that he can do magic! But is he really magic, or is something even more incredible going on? Noodle is an arty twig, and today, she's decorating the Big Tree. But her friends joined in – and now the Big Tree is a mess! Can she find a way to make art she loves and share the fun with her friends?