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\n SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES, May 4, 2023\/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — Cinnabar Moth Publishing<\/a> announces the publication of Imaginary Friends by Chad Musick<\/a>. The lives of two high school children are forever changed when a set of doors leading to a magical library<\/a> arrives. Ivy is a wheelchair user and orphan living in Alaska, supporting herself by writing term papers for college students and trying to stay off of social services\u2019 radar. Himitsu lives with his grandmother and has not left the house since his grandfather\u2019s suicide. Both Ivy and Himitsu live in a solitary world in which their only friends are imaginary. Ivy talks to the animals in the mural painted on her wall, and Himitsu only talks to his electronic friend, Moe.<\/p>\n

Ivy enters the library to gain new knowledge. Himitsu enters the library because of the promise that the library can bring back the dead. Himitu\u2019s father committed suicide and Himitsu hopes the library can bring him back. Once inside, the two are trapped and the only escape is to fulfill the strange and dangerous requests of the librarian. <\/p>\n

As we follow along with their journeys, each task assigned by the librarian reveals information about Ivy and Himitsu\u2019s pasts, their connection with each other, and the library. Through their exploration of history and literature, the pair learn about overcoming injustice, embracing found family, and knowing their own worth. Ivy is able to forgive the people who caused the car accident that killed her parents and Himitsu is able to accept his father\u2019s death and move on.<\/p>\n

Chad Musick is a disabled nonbinary writer, educator, and executive who was raised in Alaska and now lives in Japan. Chad drew on their own life experiences with disability and identity as well as those of the students they\u2019ve taught to bring Ivy and Himitsu to life. Chad\u2019s debut novel Not My Ruckus was a Montaigne Medal Finalist and Eric Hoffer First Runner-up in the general fiction category.<\/p>\n

Kisstopher Musick
Cinnabar Moth Publishing
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The Writer’s Triangle Interview: Chad Musick author of Imaginary Friends<\/p>\n

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