Tig

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On sale Sep 03, 2024 | 160 Pages | 9780735267497

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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 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 the 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.
  • WINNER | 2025
    Governor General’s Literary Award - Young People’s Literature - Text
  • WINNER | 2025
    The Northern Lights Book Awards - Middle Grade Book of the Year
  • SHORTLIST | 2025
    Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards (MYRCA) - Northern Lights Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2025
    Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2025
    National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Award
  • HONOR | 2025
    Red Maple Award
  • SELECTION | 2025
    Maine Student Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2024
    Cybil Award for Elementary/Middle Grade Fiction
© Donald P. Barnes
HEATHER SMITH is the author of four published YA novels; three middle-grade novels, the most recent of which, Tig, has received two starred reviews and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the OLA Red Maple Award; and seven picture books: Angus All Aglow, A Plan for Pops, The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden, Slowpoke the Bell Island Mine Horse, Annie’s Cat is Sad, Waking Ben Doldrums and Granny Left Me a Rocket Ship. The books in her body of work have either won or been shortlisted for virtually every Canadian children's literature prize, and been translated into eight languages. She lives with her family in Waterloo, Ontario. View titles by Heather Smith

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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 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 the 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.

Awards

  • WINNER | 2025
    Governor General’s Literary Award - Young People’s Literature - Text
  • WINNER | 2025
    The Northern Lights Book Awards - Middle Grade Book of the Year
  • SHORTLIST | 2025
    Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards (MYRCA) - Northern Lights Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2025
    Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
  • SHORTLIST | 2025
    National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Award
  • HONOR | 2025
    Red Maple Award
  • SELECTION | 2025
    Maine Student Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2024
    Cybil Award for Elementary/Middle Grade Fiction

Author

© Donald P. Barnes
HEATHER SMITH is the author of four published YA novels; three middle-grade novels, the most recent of which, Tig, has received two starred reviews and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the OLA Red Maple Award; and seven picture books: Angus All Aglow, A Plan for Pops, The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden, Slowpoke the Bell Island Mine Horse, Annie’s Cat is Sad, Waking Ben Doldrums and Granny Left Me a Rocket Ship. The books in her body of work have either won or been shortlisted for virtually every Canadian children's literature prize, and been translated into eight languages. She lives with her family in Waterloo, Ontario. View titles by Heather Smith