Pardes alum M. Evan Wolkenstein (Year ’98-’99, Fellow ’99-’00, PCJE ’00-’02, Summer ’04, ’05) won the Sydney Taylor Book Awards for the best in Jewish children’s literature in the category of middle school, for his book Turtle Boy. This book is also #1 on Amazon’s Jewish Children Fiction list. The Times of Israel story was written by Penny Schwartz – A Passover tale and 2 coming-of-age debut novels win Jewish books for kids award; Sydney Taylor Book Awards go to stories of young boy bonding with a lonely kitten, a 7th grader learning friendship with terminally ill teen and an exploration of loss.
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