2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Adults

Toil & Trouble

 

Documents the author's lifelong capacity for causing impossible manifestations, exploring his mother's revelations about their witch ancestry and his efforts to understand himself and his powers.

Imaginary Friend

A single mother Kate Reese's desperate efforts to escape an abusive relationship are thrown into turmoil by her young son Christopher's disappearance and reappearance days later with an imaginary friend.

How Not to Die Alone

Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. At least, that's what his coworkers believe. Andrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella Fitzgerald records for company.