2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Fiction

Oranges are Not the Only Fruit

Recommended by Nina LaCour, author of We Are Ok.

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts.

At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender,