Book description
WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award — Young People's Literature!
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…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked Tig as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Devastating, heartbreaking, and heart-mending, Tig is a powerful story of survival, trust, and acceptance. There are also moments of levity with a dog, cheese-racing, and new friends. Hope and love prevail.
If you love Tig...
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Gold Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence.
Silver Medal in Children's Adventure, 2020 International Readers' Favorite Awards.
Award-winning Finalist, Next Generation Book Awards.
1st Place in both Children's Adventure AND Grades 4th-6th, 2020 TopShelf Awards.
Grand Prize Winner, Colorado Author Project.
1st Place, Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Award.
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