The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey is pleased to announce the winning books and authors for the 2023 PATERSON PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
WINNERS
Grade Pre K - 3
Desiree Cooper, Nothing Special (Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI)
Crystal Hubbard, Marvelous Mabel: Figure Skating Superstar (Lee & Low Books Inc., New York, NY)
Grade 4 - 6
Alda P. Dobbs, The Other Side of the River (Sourcebooks Young Readers, Naperville, IL)
Diane Zahler, Goblin Market (Holiday House, New York, NY)
Grade 7 - 12
Barbara Krasner, Ethel’s Song: Ethel Rosenberg’s Life in Poems (Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, New York, NY)
Monica Zepeda, Boys of the Beast (Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, New York, NY)
Click here for the rules and an application, and for more information, email sdesai@pccc.edu