LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2003

STATE WINNERS

Awards Presented through Affiliate State Centers for the Book
*National Winner
**Placed in the top five or six on the national level

State	Level I grades 4-6	Level II grades 7-8	Level III grades 9-12
Alabama	Katherine Williams, Auburn, to Leo Lesieg, I Wish I Had Duck Feet	Cindy Jia, Tuscaloosa, to William Shakespeare, Twelth Night	None selected
Alaska	Kendall Angeline Masneri, Anchorage, to Louis Sachar, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom	Diana Lower, Girdwood, to Ms. Kaysen, Girl Interrupted	Robin Lawrence, Seward, to Mr. Card, Enders Shadow
Arizona	Paulina Avalos, Tucson, to Louis Sachar, Sideways School Series	Illyssa Mauldin, Gilbert, to Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphin	Kim Hoster, Cottonwood, to Alice, Go Ask Alice
Arkansas	Harry Maddox, Searcy, to Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting*	Elizabeth Dare, Searcy, to Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows	Josh Abbuhl, Clarksville, to George Orwell, 1984
California	*Andrew Kreitzman, Corte Madera, to Andrea Warren, Surviving Hitler*	Julia Havard, Saratoga, to Pablo Nerudo, Odes to Common Things	Wenny Hsieh, Pleasanton, to Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
Colorado	Jenny Nill, to Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic and Ethan Robertson, Littleton, to Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia	Sara Hayden, Ft. Collins, to Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist	Kelly Bastron, Littleton, to Munro Leaf, The Story of Ferdinand and John Christiansen, Littleton, to George Orwell, 1984
Connecticut	Larry Spada, Rocky Hill, to Pam Conrad, A Ghost Story	Arielle Jaffe, West Hartford, to Robert Lipsyte, One Fat Summer	Asdis Thordardottir, West Hartford, to George Orwell, 1984
District of Columbia	Gideon Bender to Lois Lowry, The Giver*	Masha L. Casey to Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl	Khanh Nguyen to Kaye Gibbons, Ellen Foster
Florida	Reagan Johnson, Palm City, to Margaret Rey, Pretzel	Stephen Hill, Lakeland, to Ernest Dimnet, The Art of Thinking	Amanda Smolinsky, Port Saint Lucie, to Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
Georgia	Elisabeth O'Quinn, Fitzgerald, to Margaret Donaldson, Journey into War	Frances Choi, Decatur, to Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth*	Ming Lin, Jr., Valdosta, to Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
Illinois	Jena'e Dearing, Deer Creek, to Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr. Henshaw	Iliana Miranda, Chicago, to Anke De Vries, Bruises	Kristin Ginger, Glen Ellyn, to Janet Fitch, White Oleander
Maine	Cory Boissonneault, Biddeford, to Beverly Cleary, Runaway Ralph	*Robert Langton, Edgecomb, to Edward Bloor, Tangerine*	Nate Farnsworty, Lewiston, to Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
Maryland	*Brittany Akers, Williamsport, to June Rae Wood, The Man who Loved Clowns*	Tiffani Scott, Highland, to Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea	Andrea Shaw, Laurel, to Leon Uris, Exodus
Massachusetts	Taylor Sarousi, Framingham, to Emily Bronte, Jane Eyre	Andrea Nordberg, Melrose, to John Hersey, Hiroshima	*Kate Peter, East Harwich, to Cynthia Voigt, Dicey's Song*
Minnesota	*Sarah Lepley, Eagan, to Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons*	Madeline McCarty, Plymouth, to Todd Strasser, Give a Boy a Gun	Caitlin Shaw, St. Louis Park, to Nevil Shute, On the Beach
Missouri	Michael Leahy, Camdenton, to J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Scorcerer's Stone	Caitlin Wanta, Columbia, to Lloyd Alexander, Time Cat	Anna Compton, Harrisonville, to Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
Montana	Indica Larragoite, Lincoln, to Eve Bunting, Summer of Riley	*Morielle Stroethoff, Missoula, to Zlata Filipovic, Zlata's Diary*	Jazlyn Langford, Molt, to Roald Dahl, Matilda*
Nebraska	Hannah Potter, Lincoln, to Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in her Hand	Erin Metzler, Arlington, to Harry Mazer, A Boy at War	Eliott Scheffler, Blair, to Sharon Kay Penman, Falls the Shadow
New Jersey	*Kyoo-Eun Jang, Princeton, to Ms. Namioka, Ties that Break, Ties that Bind*	Dana Eiselen, Ocean City, to Aidan Chambers, Postcards from No Man's Land	Ashanti Hubbs, Columbus, to Dr. Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman
New York	Amanda Tashjian, Albany, to Ann Norris Baldwin, A Little Time	Semantha Shankman, Elwood, to Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl	Lindsey Campana, Freedom, to Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
North Carolina	Daniel Vann, Hendersonville, to Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie	Sam Louis Taylor, Washington, to Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird	Virginia Alldredge, Asheville, to John Irving, The Cider House Rules
North Dakota	Shelby Deckert, Rubgy, to Virginia Euwer Wolff, Probably Still Nick Swansen	Breana Schlosser, St. Anthony, to Robert Newton Peck, Little Heart School	*Abby Swegarden, Fargo, to Sylvia Plath for her collected poems
Ohio	Casey Munn, Dayton, to Johanna Reiss, The Upstairs Room	Lisa Xie, West Chester, to Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth	Ryan Horn, Lancaster, to Samuel L. Clemens, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Oregon	Michael Moyer, Salem, to Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events	Marie Murphy, Salem, to J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings	*Jeffrey Hunt, Hermiston, to Steven King, The Running Men*
Pennsylvania	Pauline Holdsworth, State College, to Tamora Pierce, Alanna, The First Adventure	*Kaylyn Koberna, Doylestown, to Pearl Buck, Imperial Woman*	Alison Wall, New Britain, to Pearl Buck, The Good Earth
South Carolina	Cassie Harris, Salem, to Will Hobbs, The Condor Project	*Krupa Sandhinti, Columbia, to Elie Wiesel, Night*	Maranda Robinson, Duncan, to Sharon Draper, Forged by Fire
Tennessee	Meredith Marcum, Oak Ridge, to Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Loses Control	Lydia White, Germantown, to C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	Elizabeth A. Fidler, Maryville, to Lady Margaret Cavendish, The Life of the Thrice Noble . . .Prince William Cavendish
Texas	Katie Adams, Dripping Springs, to Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons	Vicky Ren, Houston, to Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree	Isela Cervantes, Willis, to Lars Eigner, Travels with Lizbeth
Utah	Anna Drysdale, Salt Lake City, to Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince	Gracey Brimhall, South Jordan, to Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue	Liz Philips, Salt Lake City, to Avi, What do Fish Have to Do with Anything?
Virginia	Matt Rowe, Richmond, to Avi, The Fighting Ground	Jennifer Ohaski, Winchester, to Lauren Lee, Stella: On the Edge of Popularity	Brittany Dick, Charlottesville, to Susanna Kaysen, Girl Interrupted
West Virginia	Jenna Wood, Fairmont, to Susan Pfeffer, An Unlikely Heroine	Natalie Campbell, Nitro, to J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Scorcerer's Stone	Amber Nixon, Bunker Hill, to Sonya Sones, Stop Pretending
Wisconsin	Emily Wisniewski, Waupaca, to Sharon Creech, Love That Dog	Emily Langhorst, Plover, to Tom Jordan, Pre	Rae Hockers, Sister Bay, to John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Wyoming	Meghan Kolf, Douglas, to Kimberly Wills Holt, My Louisiana Sky	Sagel Weichman, Jackson, to J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings	*Jennifer Shafer, Big Piney, to Louisa Mae Alcott, An Old- Fashioned Girl*

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