A glacial lake bursts its ice dam and floods an old growth forest! At once, stick creatures known as Twigs are stranded in their mammoth tree home. Desperate to help, two young Twigs, Leaf and Rustle, fly away on a giant leaf to search for a goliath and sinister leader of a beaver colony named Slapper. Soon a mysterious Twig and her chipmunks join the quest, but the journey proves even more treacherous. Slapper must build a mighty dam, but will he even try?

Twigs live in a fragile world of old forests and magnificent glaciers threatened by climate change events, yet Twigs stick together to survive.

Royalties are shared with nature conservancy nonprofits that protect wildlife and forests.

Twig stories are illustrated by D.W. Murray, a Disney artist. His credits include Mulan, Tarzan, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, Curious George, and many more. He is a recipient of the New York Society of Illustrators Gallery and the 2004 Gold Aurora Award.

JO MARSHALL lives in the Pacific Northwest nearglacier-capped volcanoes and lush rainforests. She is concerned about climatechange impacting the wildlife and forests in this region, and so her timely,eco literature novels describe this transforming natural world by means offantastic adventures about impish and courageous stick creatures called Twigs.

Jo was a literacy tutor for elementary school children in Snohomish, Washingtonfor seven years. In the D.C. area from 1999 to 2006 she worked for theParalyzed Veterans of America and Oceana as a legal assistant to their GeneralCounsels. Jo earned a B.A. in German Language and Literature from theUniversity of Maryland, Europe in 1986. From 1984-1987 she worked as a liaisonbetween the military and international communities in West Berlin.