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LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2002
NATIONAL FINALIST, LEVEL I
Allison Leigh Shaw, grade 6, Orange Park, FL, for her
letter to Marilyn Sachs about The Bear's House
NATIONAL FINALIST, LEVEL II
Ledah Wilcox, grade 11, Missoula, MT, for her
letter to Ray Bradbury about Dandelion Wine
STATE WINNERS AWARDS PRESENTED THROUGH AFFILIATE STATE
CENTERS FOR THE BOOK
Level I |
Level II |
Traci Tangney, Juneau, AK, to
Mary Downing Hahn, Wait Till Helen Comes |
Ben Sturgulewski, Anchorage, AK,
to Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor |
Brittany Dawn Silverman, Tucson,
AZ, to Karen Hesse, Letters from Rifka |
Amy McGowan, Mesa, AZ, to Mary Shelley,
Frankenstein |
Taylor Harris, Hot Springs, AR,
to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, "Casey at the Bat" |
Jean Desiree Pockrus, Bryant, AR,
to Allen Ginsberg, Howl |
Ariana Jarrell, San Francisco, CA, to Theodore
Taylor, The Cay |
Erin Gilton, Roseville, CA, to J. K. Rowling,
the Harry Potter series |
Jocelyn Mulkey, Longmont, CO, to Barry Denenberg,
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie
Weiss |
Jeanne Baxter, Littleton, CO, to Robert Munsch,
Love You Forever |
Jay Gurney, West Hartford, CT, to Katherine
Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia |
Cassandra Faustini, Stratford, CT, to Jack Kerouac,
On the Road |
Katie Mapes, Washington, DC, to Judy Blume,
It's Not the End of the World |
Aisha Russell, Washington, DC, to Lan Cao, Monkey
Bridge |
Allison Leigh Shaw, Orange Park, FL, to Marilyn
Sachs, The Bear's House |
Candace Mitchell, Gainesville, FL, to Toni Morrison,
Song of Solomon |
Lacey Rovinelli, Marietta, GA, to
E. B. White, Charlotte's Web |
Daniel Malcom, Good Hope, GA, to
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie |
Matt Vasilogambros, Arlington Heights,
IL, to Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell Tale Heart" |
Lauren Wong, Alrington Heights,
IL, to Roald Dahl, Charlie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
|
Lauren Wallace, Lafayette, IN, to Francis Thompson,
That Special Someone |
Lindsay K. Levin, Carmel, IN, to Mitch Albom,
Tuesdays with Morrie |
Nandini Sarma, Overland Park, KS, to Daniel
Keyes, Flowers for Algernon |
Nancy Cheng, Wichita, KS, to James D. Watson,
The Double Helix |
Vanit Sharma, Portland, ME, to Gianni Sofri,
Gandhi |
Leah G. Schrader, Rangeley, ME, to Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude |
Alex Edelman, Bethesda, MD, to Debbie Zimmett,
Eddie Enough! |
Max Meltzer, Rockville, MD, to Mildred D. Taylor,
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Lauren Trapasso, Worcester, MA, to Douglas Wood,
Grandad's Prayers of the Earth |
Jamie L. Blair, Harwich, MA, to Sara Shandler,
Ophelia Speaks |
Emily B. Davis, Mt. Iron, MN, to Louise Erdrich,
The Birchbark House |
Rebecca DeJarlais, Champlin, MN, to Kate Chopin,
The Awakening |
Morgan M. Grotewiel, Osage Beach, MO, to Philip
Pullman, His Dark Materials trilogy |
Brooke Nevils, Chesterfield, MO, to David McCullough,
Truman |
Kelsey J. Angel, Missoula, MT, to Ben Mikaelsen,
Petey |
Ledah Wilcox, Missoula, MT, to Ray Bradbury,
Dandelion Wine |
Elizabeth McKim, Table Rock, NE, to Elizabeth
George Spear, The Sign of the Beaver |
Ben Keele, Hastings, NE, to Ayn Rand, The
Fountainhead |
Johnathan Butler, Las Cruces, NM, to Gary Smith,
The Haunted Man |
Rachel Browne, Edgewood, NM, to Roseanna Beth
Whitlow, Thistle Blossoms |
John Stephen Noble, Mount Airy,
NC, to Gary Paulsen, The River |
Ian McClenny, New Bern, NC, to Patricia
Calvert, Picking Up the Pieces |
Jessica Schultz, Bismarck, ND, to Anne Isaacs,
Torn Thread |
Jessica Gunderson, Grand Forks, ND, to J.K.
Rowling, The Happy Potter series |
Kelsey Sheridan, Aurora, OH, to Dr. Seuss, Oh,
the Places You'll Go |
Ashley Martina, West Chester, OH, to J. K. Rowling,
The Harry Potter series |
Dylan Dysart, Grove, OK, to Michael Crichton,
Jurassic Park |
[Anonymous], Bartlesville, OK, to Mary Pipher,
Reviving Ophelia |
John Petroff, Beaverton, OR, to Erich Maria
Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front |
Claire Richmond, Philomath, OR, to J.R.R. Tolkien,
The Lord of the Rings |
Geoffrey W. Locher, PA, to Stephen
Crane, Red Badge of Courage |
Michael J. Shafer, Lehighton, PA,
to H.D. Thoreau, Walden |
Teonica Murphy, Columbia, SC, to Mildred Taylor,
Let the Circle Be Unbroken |
Sadia Khan, Columbia, SC, to Mildred Taylor,
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
Destiny D. Hicks, Elora, TN, to Judy Blume,
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
Christina Campbell, Bluff City, TN, to Lois
Lowry, The Giver |
Nathan Wade, Big Sandy, TX, to Carl Deuker,
Painting the Black |
Renee Gilliland, El Paso, TX, to Amy Tan, The
Joy Luck Club |
Mikayla Nicole Williamson, Laketown, UT, to
J.K. Rowling, The Harry Potter series |
Emeri Fetzer, Salt Lake City, UT, to Virginia
Woolf, A Room of One's Own |
Lizz M. Cost, Putney, VT, to Natalie Kinsey-Warlock,
If Wishes Were Horses |
Kayla Towle, Danville, VT, to Lois Lowry, Number
the Stars |
Jill Sumner, Stephens City, VA, to Elizabeth
George Speare, Sign of the Beaver |
Whitney Kimmet, Yorktown, VA, to Lois Lowry,
The Giver |
Josh Evans, Mount Vernon, WA, to Wilson Rawls,
Where the Red Fern Grows |
Keegan Matosich, Lyle, WA, to Elie Wiesel, Dawn |
Abby Wells, Elkins, WV, to J.K. Rowling, Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Alicia Perez, Inwood, WV, to Ben Mikaelsen,
Petey |
Anne Proescholdt, Cumberland, WI, to J.K. Rowling,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Andreas Hager, Madison, WI, to Joseph Heller,
Catch 22 |
Sara Hayden, Cheyenne, WY, to Adeline Yen Mah,
Chinese Cinderella |
Jolyn Udy, Kemmerer, WY, to Geoffrey Chaucer,
The Canterbury Tales |
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