title: The Incredible Adventures of Broken Twig: The Forest of the Dark Pines.
author: Joey Shore
description: Joey Ray Shore was born and raised in Cooleemee, North Carolina. He graduated from Davie County High School in Mocksville, NC and later at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications. He left home again around age 24, as he would say to discover the world. He traveled and worked throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia as an Industrial Sales Engineer to present date. Life recently brought him back full circle when his father passed away and he returned home to settle the family estate. Within a few weeks he knew that the prodigal son of a proud textile worker had returned for good, thus starting his own incredible adventure to rediscover himself and his beloved Mill Village of Cooleemee through his original music, poetry, and writings. He enjoys spending every available minute with his incredible boys, Clancy and Colby, teaching them the Cooleemite ways.
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  Hiya!
  
  
  A little while ago, I was at a craft fair and fell in love with a cool mirror
  decorated with pale, twisty bits of driftwood. I kept wondering about what
  it’d be like to live by the sea and make fab things. Who would do that kind of
  thing? What kind of house would they have?
  
  
  Before long, I had created a whole bunch of characters, and those characters
  had a story to tell. _Driftwood_ is a story about friendship, fitting in and
  falling in love, all mixed in with a little bit of magic and a trio of crazy
  kittens (based on my three thuggish mogs!). It’s for everyone out there who
  feels different from the crowd, who doesn’t fit in – and anyone who has ever
  been bullied.
  
  
  I got to mooch around a lot of windswept beaches while researching the book,
  and I collected vast piles of driftwood along the way! I loved writing about
  Joey, Hannah, Kit and Paul – I hope you’ll love reading a