2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Fiction

Dragons in a Bag

Jaxon is not looking forward to spending the day with Ma, his mean old grandmother, until he makes an amazing discovery: she's not really his grandmother.  She's a witch in the middle of a very important, exciting job -- and she needs Jaxon's help!  Jaxon quickly finds himself in the midst of an unbelievable task, moving three baby dragons out of Brooklyn, NY, and getting them to a magical place where they can actually thrive.  Within a short period he and his friends, Kavita & Vikram, have broken the only two rules Ma has given them and wonder if they'll ever be able to deliver the bab

The Incredible Magic of Being

Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who is in desperate need of healing.

The Serpent's Secret: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond

On the morning of her 12th birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular 6th grader living in New Jersey, until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive! Suddenly, Kiran is swept into the underworld, where -- among other things -- she must avoid the Serpent King and Rakkhoshi Queen in order to save her parents, the entire state of NJ, the world, and everything beyond it.