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Letters About Literature - Winner's List for 2001

National Winner, Level I. Hannah Bauchat, grade 7, Columbia, SC, for her letter to Steven King about The Green Mile

National Winner, Level II. Jennifer Todd, grade 8, Salt Lake City, UT, for her letter to Jane Austen about Pride and Prejudice


STATE WINNERS

AWARDS PRESENTED THROUGH AFFILIATE STATE CENTERS FOR THE BOOK

(Level I on first line and Level II on second line under each state unless otherwise noted)

ALASKA

Alaina Alderson, grade 5, Eagle River, AK, to J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Robert Kirchner, grade 10, Anchorage, AK, to Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

ARIZONA

Allissia Romero, grade 5, Tucson, AZ, to Louis Sachar, Holes
Carly Parsons, grade 8, Marana, AZ, to Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

ARKANSAS

Violet Beals, grade 6, Pearcy, AR, to Joseph Campbell, I Am the Mountainy Singer
Sarita Perez, Little Rock, AR, to J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter book series

CALIFORNIA

Min Lee, grade 4, La Palma, CA, to E. B. White, Charlotte's Web
Minh Huynh, grade 11, San Gabriel, CA, to Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

COLORADO

Jackie Kleinsasser, grade 6, Monument, CO, to Roald Dahl, The BFG
Kerrie Earley, grade 11, Littleton, CO, to Marguerite Henry, Misty's Twilight

CONNECTICUT

Pia Crawford-Silva, grade 6, West Hartford, CT, to Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic
Cross Woodfield, grade 11, West Hartford, CT, to Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Yizhoo Chen, grade 7, Washington, DC, to Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets
Andre Turner, Jr., grade 12, Washington, DC, to Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land

ILLINOIS

Katherine Black, grade 7, Skokie, IL, to Donald Ladew, Stradivarius
Jeremy Newtson, grade 10, Pleasant Plains, IL, to Henry Aaron and Lonnie Wheeler, I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story

INDIANA

Jacqueline Klapak, grade 7, Highland, IN, to Helen Kaufmann, The Story of Beethoven
Catherine E. Dea grade 11, North Manchester, IN, to Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

KANSAS

Kevin Grunwald, grade 7, Indian Hills Middle School, Shawnee Mission, KS, to Stephen King, The Green Mile
Curtis Shank , grade 8, Indian Hills Middle School, Shawnee Mission, KS, to Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

MAINE

Amber Casterlin, grade 4, Brunswick, ME, to Barbara Cooney, Miss Rumphius
Ethan Hyland, grade 9, Poland, ME, to Stephen Ambrose, Undaunted Courage

MARYLAND

Brian Warlitner, Huntingtown, MD, to Will Hobbs, Far North
Betsy Seeger, grade 10, Severn, MD, to Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

MASSACHUSETTS

Alison Perry, grade 7, North Brookfield, MA, to Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
Jane Partensky, grade 11, Waltham, MA, to Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" and
Zoe Paschkis, grade 8, Newton , to James Hurst, "The Scarlet Ibis"

MINNESOTA

Brittany Jaekel, grade 6, Champlin, MN, to Anne Frank, Diary of Anne Frank
Claire Shefchik, grade 10, Stillwater, MN, to Kevin Baker, Dreamland

MISSOURI

Lindsay Wallace, grade 7, Columbia, MO, to Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream"
Keely D. White, grade 12, Hopkins, MO, to John Irving, The Cider House Rules

MONTANA

No Level I winner selected this year from Montana
Chance Schieffert, grade 12, Big Timber, MT, to Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

NEBRASKA

Travis Johnson, grade 7, Milford, NE, to Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee
Jonas Azzam, grade 9, Lincoln, NE, to Philip Gourevich, "We Regret To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda"

NEW MEXICO

Amanda Orta, grade 6, Las Cruces, NM, to Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Michelle Grammes, grade 11, Moriarty, NM, to Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken"

NORTH CAROLINA

Josey Ellis, grade 5, Boone, NC, to C. S. Adler, Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon
Christie Cunningham, grade 9, Jamestown, NC, to Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

NORTH DAKOTA

Samantha Offerdahl, grade 7, Bismarck, ND, to Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
LeAnna Lesmeister, grade 11, Williston, ND, to George Orwell, Animal Farm

OHIO

Lauren Burke, grade 7, Pickerington, OH, to Irene Hunt, Lottery Rose
Carlee Tressel, grade 12, Boardman, OH, to F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

OKLAHOMA

Shannon Whaley, Edmond, OK, to Cynthia Joye Rowland, The Monster Within
Blake Stewart, grade 9, Sallisaw, OK, to Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

OREGON

Derek Wood, grade 6, Beaverton, OR, to the author of Since You Went Away
Keely Koda, grade 10, Vale, OR, to Lois Lowry, Number the Stars

PENNSYLVANIA

Kayla Sargeson, grade 7, Harmony, PA, to Anne Frank, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Laura K. Smith-Gary, grade 9, Wyalusing, PA, to George Orwell, 1984

SOUTH CAROLINA

Hannah Bauchat, grade 7, Columbia, SC, to Stephen King, The Green Mile
Abigail Geese, grade 10, Myrtle Beach, SC, to Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule

TENNESSEE

Ara-Isabel Agato, grade 6, Oak Ridge, TN, to Margarette Haddix, Running Out of Time
Jose Rodriguez, grade 11, Dyersburg, TN, to Robert Jordan, Wheel of Times series

TEXAS

Christian Wallace, grade 6, Andrews TX, to Wesley Eure, The Red Wings of Christmas
Karen Kaczronski, grade 12, The Woodlands, TX, to Jostein Gaarder, That Same Flower

UTAH

Cutter Bach, grade 5, Park City, UT, to Cynthia Rylant, Dog Heaven
Jennifer Todd, grade 8, Salt Lake City, UT, to Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice

VERMONT

James Gram, grade 6, Montpelier, VT, to Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Eva Wilkens, grade 12, Hyde Park, VT, to Sonya Sones, Stop Pretending

VIRGINIA

Ben Urbanski, Grade 7, Vienna, VA, to Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank
Annetta Fotopoulos. Grade 9, Burke, VA , to Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire

WASHINGTON

Austin Tucker, grade 4, Walla Walla, WA, to Jerry Spinelli, Wringer
Amy Powell, grade 9, Port Orchard, WA, to Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

WISCONSIN

Samantha Bister, grade 7, Menonomee Falls, WI, to Louis Sacher, Holes
Ashleigh Leitch, grade 8, Cumberland, WI, to Judith Kerr, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

WYOMING

Sterling McCarty, grade 6, Chugwater, WY, to Matt Christopher, Fighting Tackle
Audra Hawkins, grade 11, Laramie, WY, to Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew mystery series

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