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STATE WINNERS
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National Winners in BOLD
| State |
Level I
grades 4-6 |
Level II
grades 7-8 |
Level III
grades 9-12 |
| Alabama |
Ashley Shamblin,
Tuscaloosa, to L. M.
Montgomery, Anne of Green
Gables |
Julia Anna Ezell, Tuscaloosa,
to S. E. Hinton, The
Outsiders |
Rusty Grant Russell,
Florence, to J. D. Salinger,
The Catcher in the Rye |
| Alaska |
Adam Miller, Anchorage, to
Theodora Kroeber, Ishi, Last
of His Tribe
|
Allison Strom, Eagle River,
to Anne McCaffrey,
Dragonsong |
Shana Reichlin, Girdwood, to
Deborah Ellis, The
Breadwinner |
| Arkansas |
Elizabeth White, Searcy, to
Cynthia Voigt, Homecoming
|
Jessika Ballew, Searcy, to
Maya Angelou, I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings |
Whitney E. Barringer,
Bismarck, to Philip Pullman,
The Amber Spyglass |
| California |
Alexandra Dwight, Palo Alto,
to Pam Muñoz Ryan,
Esperanza Rising
|
Alex Bland, Windsor, to
Terry Trueman, Stuck in
Neutral |
Altaf Saadi, Irvine, to
Lawrence Thornton,
Imagining Argentina |
| Colorado |
Alexis Smith, Greeley, to
Lemony Snicket, A Series of
Unfortunate Events |
Paul Hamilton-Pennell, Denver,
to Charles Lindbergh, The Spirit of St.
Louis |
Ian Karonea, Denver, to
Ralph Ellison, The Invisible
Man |
| Connecticut |
Manuela Silvestre, Rocky
Hill, to Pam Muñoz Ryan,
Esperanza Rising
|
Mary-Caitlin Harding,
Brookfield, to Hans Christian
Andersen, The Little Match
Girl |
Brendan Stumpf, Bethel, to
Ansel Adams, The Negative |
| Delaware |
Shauna Kaufman, Dagsboro,
to Shel Silverstein, Where the
Sidewalk Ends
|
James Campbell, New Castle,
to Anne Frank, The Diary of
Anne Frank |
Rebekah Kaplan, Newark, to
Judy Blume, Places I Never
Meant to Be |
| District of Columbia |
Sofonias Haile to R. L. Stine,
The Nightmare Room
|
Gretchen Heberling to Jerry
Spinelli, Stargirl |
William Vasquez, to Ben
Mikaelsen, Red Midnight |
| Florida |
Ali Castro, Boca Raton, to
Deborah Ellis, The
Breadwinner
|
Leah May, Hollywood, to Pat
Frank, Alas Babylon |
Brianna Grantham, Fort
Myers, to Stephen Lawhead,
Song of Albion |
| Georgia |
Ryan Brush, Emerson, to J.
K. Rowling, Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
Elisabeth P. O'Quinn,
Fitzgerald, to Jean Lee
Latham, Carry On, Mr.
Bowditch |
Joanna Bove, Atlanta, to
Michael Moore, Stupid White
Men |
| Hawaii |
Hanna Norwicki, Wahiawa,
to Eleanor Coerr, Sadako and
the Thousand Paper Cranes
|
Lisa Keilani Akoi, Laie, to
Gael Mustapha, The Hula
Girl |
Ryan M. Matsumoto,
Honolulu, to Jeanne
Wakatsuki Houston, Farewell
to Manzanar |
| Illinois |
Julia Quintero, Hinsdale, to
Judith Harlan, Girl Talk
|
Danae Alexopoulos,
Glenview, to Terry Spencer
Hesser, Kissing Doorknobs |
LaToya Hicks, Chicago, to
Mary Monroe, God Don't
Like Ugly |
| Indiana |
Ezra Nelson, Indianapolis, to
Eleanor Coerr, Sadako and
the Thousand Paper Cranes |
Paul Martin, Carmel, to Gary
Paulsen, Hatchet |
Julian Alcantar, South Bend,
to Sandra Cisneros, The
House on Mango Street |
| Iowa |
Haley Hermanson, Ankeny,
to Terry Treseder, Hear O
Israel
|
Jonathan Hahn, St. Olaf, to
Mark Twain, The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn |
Lori Cannon, Keokuk, to
Alice Sebold, The Lovely
Bones |
| Maine |
Ann Fagan, Camden, to
Roald Dahl, Danny,
Champion of the World
| William Guida, Dennysville,
to Erich Maria Remarque, All
Quiet on the Western Front |
Aimee Nielsen, Searsport, to
Elie Wiesel, Night |
| Maryland |
Garrett A. Brooks, Columbia,
to Gary Pualsen, Hatchet
|
Susanna Gaking
Cockeysville, to Constance
M. Foland, A Song for Jeffrey |
Kristin Beach, Edgewater, to
Dai Sijie, Balzac and the
Little Chinese Seamstress |
| Massachusetts |
Brya Sunshine Gross, Bolton,
to Anne McCaffrey,
Dragonflight
|
Emily Larson, Holliston, to
Andrew Clements, The
School Story |
Gregory Tellier,
Westminster, to Valerie
Tripp, Kit Learns a Lesson |
| Minnesota |
Holly Bolstad, White Bear
Lake, to Cat Bauer, Harley
Like a Person
|
Muhammad Bilal Islam,
Blaine, to Richard Wormser,
American Islam: Growing Up
Muslim in America |
Anna Kunin, Plymouth, to
George Orwell, 1984 |
| Missouri |
Katie Landolt, Carl Junction,
to Joyce Hansen, I Thought
My Soul Would Rise and Fly
|
Kathryn Rainey, Kansas City,
to Janet Evanovich, for the
Stephanie Plum series |
Brett O'Neal, Nixa, to
Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf |
| Montana |
Grace Hegger, Bigfork, to
Shel Silverstein, The Giving
Tree
|
Morielle Stroethoff,
Missoula, to Daniel Keyes,
Flowers for Algernon |
Ashley Nielson, Msla, to
Janet Fitch, White Oleander |
| Nebraska |
Jackson D. Fisher, Lincoln, to
Carl Hiaasen, Hoot
|
Molly Keran, Lincoln, to
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre |
Philip Thrailkill, North Platte,
to F. Herbert, Dune |
| New Hampshire |
Samantha Lo, Merrimack, to
Candace Goldapper,
"Daddy's Girl . . . At Long
Last" |
Helen H. Aki, Weare, to
Tamora Pierce, Protector of
the Small |
Zoe Cannon, Nottingham, to
Stephanie Tolan, Welcome to
the Ark |
| New Jersey |
Robert Liu, Princeton, to S.
E. Hinton, The Outsiders
|
Lauren Papotto, Morrestown,
to Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl |
Diana Chien, Holmdel, to
Patricia A. McKillip, Winter
Rose |
| New Mexico |
Bryana Baird, Albuquerque,
to J. K. Rowling, Harry
Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix
|
Priya Shah, Albuquerque, to
Julia Andrews Edwards,
Mandy |
Zachary Manning, Las
Cruces, to Robert Frost, "The
Road Not Taken" |
| New York |
Shannon Barnet, West
Babylon, to Caroline B.
Cooney, Freeze Tag |
Cedilla Sachar, Bedford, to
Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum |
Ana Maria Barbas, New City,
to Mitch Albom, Tuesdays
with Morrie |
| North Carolina |
Brittany Tuttle, Asheboro, to
Stewart and Polly Anne
Graff, Helen Keller, Crusader
for the Blind and Deaf
|
Adam Jackson, Mooresville,
to Ben Mikaelsen, Petey |
Chelsea Jones, Kitty Hawk,
to Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to
Remember |
| North Dakota |
Danae Geiger, St. Anthony,
to Ivy Ruckman, Night of the
Twisters
|
Alison Weigel, Bismarck, to
Max Lucado, You Are Special |
Nicole Penas, Fargo, to
Sinclair Lewis, Main Street |
| Ohio |
Lyndon Adanich, Parma, to
Judy Donnelly, A Wall of
Names
|
Liza Smirnoff, West Chester,
to Sharon Creech,
Bloomability |
Rachel Roseberry, Galion, to
Madeline L'Engle, A Wrinkle
in Time |
| Oklahoma |
Kalissa Somers, Oklahoma
City, to Katherine Patterson,
The Bridge to Terabithia
|
Madison Sandefer, Oklahoma
City, to Agatha Christie, And
Then There Were None |
Sarah Richards, Bartlesville,
William Cullen Bryant, "The
Crowded Street" |
| Oregon |
J. Burns, Lyons, to Phyllis
Reynolds, Shiloh
|
Jessie Johnson, West Linn, to
Livia Bitton-Jackson, I Have
Lived a Thousand Years |
Kara Ng, Beaverton, to J. D.
Salinger, The Catcher in the
Rye |
| Pennsylvania |
Meghan Harrison, Gwynedd
Valley, to C. S. Lewis,
Perelandra
|
Natasha Kumar,
Hummelstown, to the Dalai
Lama, Freedom in Exile |
Cory M. Merrill, Milford, to
Allen Ginsberg, "Howl" |
| Rhode Island |
T. J. Cienki, East
Greenwich, to Avi, Crispin:
The Cross of Lead
|
Jessica Carey, Barrington, to
Jane Austen, Pride and
Prejudice |
Hannah Catabia, Providence,
to Erich Maria Remarque, All
Quiet on the Western Front |
| South Carolina |
Kira O'Neal, Orangeburg, to
Robert Coles, Ruby Bridges
|
Jared Uribe-Sullivan,
Columbia, to J. R. R. Tolkien,
The Fellowship of the Ring |
Claresa Turner, Newberry, to
Maya Angelou, I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings |
| South Dakota |
Tarah Voss, Webster, to Dick
King-Smith, Funny Frank
|
Kristina Yerigan, Watertown,
to Mary Downing Hahn, The
Wind Blows Backward |
Nicholas B. Engstler, Tea, to
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Tennessee |
Sunny Xu, Oak Ridge, to J.
K. Rowling, Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire
|
Hannah Shaffer, Memphis, to
Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy |
Jenny Hansom, Memphis, to
Jack Kerouac, On the Road |
| Texas |
Blanca Lopez, Austin to
Marie McSwigan, Snow
Treasure
|
Caufield Schnug, Austin, to J.
D. Salinger, The Catcher in
the Rye |
William Farley, Houston, to
Ray Bradbury, Dandelion
Wine |
| Utah |
Bryan Asco, Logan, to J. R.
R. Tolkien, The Lord of the
Rings
|
Jennifer Monsen, South
Jordan, to David Almond,
Skellig |
Sarah Nicole Milner, Salt
Lake City, to Frances
Hodgson Burnett, The Secret
Garden |
| Virginia |
Kelly Mulquin, McLean, to
Priscilla Cummings, Saving
Grace
|
Lauren Costlow, Vienna, to
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of
Green Gables |
Alyssa Jenkins, Norfolk, to
Harper Lee, To Kill a
Mockingbird |
| West Virginia |
Haley Nicole Hurst Hodges,
Crumpler, to Kimberly Willis
Holt, My Louisiana Sky
|
Carolyn Rose Garcia,
Fairmont, to Charlotte
Zolotow, When the Wind
Stops |
Jill Meadows, Fayetteville, to
Frank McCourt, Angela's
Ashes |
| Wisconsin |
Anna Stefanic, Stoughton, to
Billy Collins, "Creatures" in
Nine Horses
|
Emily Gerrior, Green Bay, to
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with
Morrie |
Kristen Carnahan, Twin
Lakes, to Virginia Euwer
Wolff, True Believer |
| Wyoming |
Rebecca Thompson, Casper,
to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little
House on the Prairie
| Rebecca Thorsness, Laramie,
to Peg Kehret, My Brother
Made Me Do It |
Whitney Lauren Cheek,
Diamondville, to Charles De
Lint, Jack of Kinrowan |
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