Floating Twigs

A Kirkus Reviews recommended book! (Sept. 2020 Issue)

Where the Red Fern Grows meets To Kill a Mockingbird.

It's 1968 in the rural coastline town of Denton, Florida, and the only thing with a tougher life than twelve-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.

In the process of ...