Hotel Centrale, Rotterdam by Daniel David Moses (grades 7-9)

Of Delaware descent and a noted playwright and poet, Daniel David Moses has won and been nominated for many literary awards. His poem Hotel Centrale, Rotterdam addresses the many questions of identity Moses faces—who he is, even where he is—becomes of ever such importance falling asleep under an unfamiliar and unwelcoming roof. Moses longs to meet and greet new faces, though saddened by the fact he may not communicate with them as they are not of similar tongue as him. As he drifts off, he ponders of a dream suspended in the blue and frost of dawn.