WHEN YOU WRITE BACK COMING IN 2027!
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​​WHEN YOU WRITE BACK will be coming out in early 2027 with Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan!
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sydney taylor manuscript award winner of 2025!
​WHEN YOU WRITE BACK is the 2025 winner of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award!
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From the Association of Jewish Libraries:
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The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award recognizes unpublished manuscripts of Jewish fiction targeting ages 8-13. The award was established by Sydney’s husband Ralph Taylor to encourage aspiring authors of Jewish children’s books.
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This Year's Winner
When You Write Back by Hanna R. Neier
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When You Write Back is a dual point-of-view novel written in letters between Ellie and her school-assigned pen pal, Daniel. When Ellie realizes their letters are traveling through time, and that Daniel is a Jewish kid living in 1942 Nazi-occupied Paris, she is determined to save him. But as time runs out, and Ellie’s own world unravels, she wonders whether it might be Daniel who is meant to save her. Exploring the power and magic of connecting with another person through words, Ellie and Daniel demonstrate that friendship can be found in the most unlikely of places.
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