Winners of the 2017 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People:
K – Grade 3: The Music in George's Head by Susanne Slade (Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA)
Grades 4 - 6: Catching a Storyfish by Janice N. Harrington (Word Song, Honesdale, PA)
Grades 7 - 12: Blood Brother by Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace (Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA)
Honorable Mention:
At Night by Helga Bansch (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Grand Rapids, MI)
Where Love Begins by Helen Nieto Phillips (Lectura Books, Los Angeles, CA)
Fearless Flyer by Heather Lang (Calkins Creek, Honesdale, PA)
Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes (Word Song, Honesdale, PA)
Brown v. Board of Education by Susan Goldman Rubin (Holiday House, Inc., New York, NY)
Vietnam: A History of a War by Russell Freedman (Holiday House, Inc., New York, NY)