2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Adults

Lake Success

When his dream of the perfect marriage, the perfect son, and the perfect life implodes, a Wall Street millionaire takes a cross country bus trip in search of his college sweetheart and ideals of youth

In Pieces: A Memoir

From Gidget's sweet-faced "girl next door" to the dazzling complexity of Sybil to the Academy Award-worthy ferocity and depth of Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln, Sally Field has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic range and emotional acuity. Yet there is one character who always remained hidden: the shy and anxious little girl within.

She Would Be King

Wayétu Moore's powerful debut novel,She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia's early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him.

Successful Remote Learning: Workstation Setup, Stress Management & Exercise (Zoom)

Dr. Nichole Chaviano, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Operations at ProFysio East Brunswick, and Dr. Leonard Somarriba, Doctor of Physical Therapy and ProFysio Physical Therapy CoCEO, will present practical strategies to create a healthy desk station for your child, reduce and manage stress for parents and children, and exercise.