Stick Bugs!

by Lyle Garford

Have you ever wondered what happens when people abandon their pets?


When young Sticks and his stick bug family are abandoned in the scary, unfamiliar forest survival is a desperate struggle until they find Junk Town, a junkyard serving as home to a host of other abandoned pets.


Sticks and his family work hard and have fun building a new life in Junk Town, but predators are everywhere. Sticks and the Junk Town animals repeatedly fight off attacks from wolves and crows, but the frustrated predators are determined to overwhelm the desperate defenders. Sticks and his friends must fight back, winner take all!


'Stick Bugs!' is the first of a series of Stick Bug stories to follow and is suitable for young readers age 8 to 14. Of course, a child is playing hide and seek within all of us all of the time. All you grown ups out there may just enjoy this too.

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First published November 18, 2013

About the author

Lyle Garford is the author of The Evan Ross Series (historical fiction), The Owen Spence Series (historical fiction), The Stick Bug Stories (children’s fantasy), and two standalone works of fiction entitled The Christmas Cafe and The Space Farmer. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.