2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner for Humor
2019 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Winner: Silver Medal for Fiction - Humor/Comedy
2019 Texas Author Project Winner: Adult Fiction
This is the story of J. D. Wiswall a sincere young man from a small town who joins a state government agency in a data entry department comprised of quirky clerks. Quickly endearing himself to the diverse group in Unit 3 J. D. learns his coworkers have a pact to share the $10000 prize if they win a cost-savings program for a suggestion that could save the government money in turn helping them rise above their own personal struggles. A multimillion-dollar cost-savings suggestion is accidentally discovered by J. D.'s supervisor the goof-off alcoholic Brent Baker. This lucrative discovery catches the attention of crotchety Governor Dwayne Bennett a media-hungry demagogue who turns the coworkers of Unit 3 into props for his selfish political reasons. The publicity surrounding the clerks piques the interest of a newspaper reporter Esther Jean Stinson whose investigative reporting threatens to reveal the governor's career-ending secret as well as jeopardizes the prize that the clerks so desperately desire.
From award-winning writer Scott Semegran To Squeeze a Prairie Dog is an American modern-day tale with working-class folks?part fable part satire and part comedy?revealing that camaraderie amongst kind-hearted friends wins the day over evil intentions.
'An amusing yet heartwarming romp... To Squeeze a Prairie Dog is an entertaining slice-of-life story that's humorous yet uplifting at the same time. By the novel's last page readers will be longing for more.' ? BlueInk Review (Starred Review)
