In the short story, "Snow Sisters" the author makes the setting in the story impact the characters, as well with the mood and plot. Support you analysis with evidence from text!

pulling in the reader is important

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.