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Teen novel about women vampires wins a top prize for Jewish children’s books

JL;DR SUMMARY Night Owls, a debut novel by A.R. Vishny about two sisters who transform into estries, Jewish vampire folklore figures, has won the Sydney Taylor Book Award's gold medal for young adult fiction. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureSephardic JewsJewish Children's BooksHolocaust MemoirSydney Taylor Book AwardsYoung Adult FictionJewish LoreNight OwlsA.R. VishnyEstries

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"By day, sisters Molly and Clara appear to be modern-day New Yorkers, living in an indie cinema that was once home to a Yiddish theater."
Haute-Corse, France
"doesnt return home from Corsica in time for Sukkot."
Poland
"The Girl Who Sang is based on the life of the Polish-born Nadel, who survived the Holocaust as a child hiding from the Nazis."
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
"The awards were announced Monday by the Association of Jewish Libraries at the American Library Associations LibLearnX conference in Phoenix."

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