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Letters About Literature - Winner's List for 2000
NATIONAL WINNER LEVEL I
Candice Brooke Halk, Cherry Valley, AR, for her letter to Bette
Greene, author of The Summer of My German Soldier
NATIONAL WINNER LEVEL II
Helen Comber, Clarkstown High School North, New City, NY, for
her letter to Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima
NATIONAL FINALISTS
LEVEL I
Amanda Vanderwarjer, Cornith, NY, for her letter to Judy Blume,
author of Tiger Eyes
Hannah Richman, Kittanning, PA, for her letter to Melba Patillo
Beals, author of Warriors Don't Cry
Melanie Beasley, Pompton Plains, NJ, for her letter to Lurlene
McDaniel, author of Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Jonathan Wells, Jacksonville, FL, for his letter to Maya Angelou,
author of the poem "I Rise"
Lisa M. Weiner, Yardley, PA, for her letter to Gary Paulsen,
author of Hatchet
LEVEL II
Zuri Rice, Clarkston, GA, for her letter to Toni Morrison, author
of Beloved
Jessica Tomer, Hollis, NH, for her letter to Amy Tan, author
of The Joy Luck Club
Nicole DiLello, Congers, NY, for her letter to J. D. Salinger,
author of Catcher in the Rye
Allison Jerabeck, Skaneateles, NY, for her letter to Theodore
Seuss Geisel, author of The Sneeches
Diana Alberti, Pittsburgh, PA, for her letter to Harper Lee,
author of To Kill a Mockingbird
(Level I on first line and Level II on second line under each
state unless otherwise noted)
ALASKA
Lindsey Reyes-Rufelli, Girdwood, AK, for her letter to Mary
Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia
Jennifer Lewis, Palmer, AK, for her letter to Stephen Crane, author
of The Red Badge of Courage
ARIZONA
Lindsey Haines, Phoenix, AZ, for her letter to Robin Jones Gunn,
author of Close Your Eyes
Paula Phelps, Cottonwood, AZ, for her letter to Richard Bach,
author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
ARKANSAS
Candice Brooke Halk, Cherry Valley, AR, for her letter to Bette
Greene, author of The Summer of My German Soldier
Ryan Charles Sajder, Mt. Home, AR, for his letter to Mitch Albom,
author of Tuesdays with Morrie
CALIFORNIA
Elise Castro, El Cajon, CA for her letter to Sharon Creech,
author of Walk Two Moons
Patricia Liao, Diamond Bar, CA, for her letter to Joseph Conrad,
author of Heart of Darkness
COLORADO
Brad Shepard, Aurora, CO, for his letter to Jack London, author
of The Call of the Wild
Juilia Kirsch, Littleton, CO, for her letter to Laura Esquivel,
author of Like Water for Chocolate and
Emily Pond, Littleton, CO, for her letter to Dr. Seuss, author
of The Sneeches*
*A second winner in Level II
CONNECTICUT
Adam Silverman, West Hartford, CT, for his letter to Daniel
Keyes, author of Flowers for Algernon
Jessica Wakeman, Fairfield, CT, for her letter to Elizabeth Wurtzel,
author of Prozac Nation
ILLINOIS
Paul O'Connor, Peoria, IL, for his letter to Shel Silverstein,
author of The Giving Tree
Ran Tyrell, Carbondale, IL, for a letter to Amy Tan, author of
The Kitchen God's Wife
INDIANA
Michelle S. Bulin, Greentown, IN, for her letter to Ji Li Jiang,
author of Red Scarf Girl
Rachel McColly, Lake Station, IN, for her letter to Danielle Steele,
author of His Bright Light
KANSAS
Ashley Prichard, Riley, KS, for her letter to Stella Pevsner,
author of How Could You Do It?
Sara Lee from Wichita, KS, for her letter to Alexander Solzehenitsyn,
author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
LOUISIANA
Katie Stockton, Ruston, LA, for her letter to Astrid Lindgren,
author of Pippi Longstocking
Jamie Allien, Monroe, LA, for his letter to Leo Buscaglia, author
of The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
MARYLAND
Deanna Zook, Chesapeake Beach, MD, for her letter to Barbara
Park, author of Mick Harte Was Here
Jessica Nauright, Ellicott City, MD for her letter to George Orwell,
author of Down and Out in Paris and London
MINNESOTA
Amber Karjala, Shakopee, MN, for her letter to Eva Burke, author
of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Michael Newland, Zimmerman, MN, for his letter to Caroline Cooney,
author of Among Friends
MISSOURI
Maurianna Randazzo, Glencoe, MO, for her letter to S.E. Hinton,
author of The Outsiders
Samuel Warren Grabill, Harrisonville, MO, for his letter to Ray
Bradbury, author of Farenheit 451
MONTANA
Jenni Love, Hudson, MT, for her letter to Louisa May Alcott,
author of Little Women
Sonja Fields, Reed Point, MT for her letter to Richard Adams,
author of Watership Down
NEBRASKA
Emily Benes, Raymond, NE, for her letter to Mildred Taylor,
author of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Matt Pieper, North Platte, NE, for his letter to John Grisham,
author of The Chamber
NEW MEXICO
Nilsa Delhghany, Las Cruces, NM, for her letter to Betsy Byars,
author of Cracker Jackson
Caitlin Goss, Silver City, NM, for her letter to Harper Lee, author
of To Kill a Mockingbird
NORTH CAROLINA
Ginny Moye, Mt. Olive, NC, for her letter to J. K. Rowling,
author of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kimberlyn Hickman, Wake Forest, NC, for her letter to Alan Paton,
author of Cry, the Beloved Country
NORTH DAKOTA
Samantha Olson, Bismarck, ND, for her letter to the anonymous
author of It Happened to Nancy
Morgan Reese, Bismarck, ND, for her letter to David Pelzer, author
of The Lost Boy
OHIO
Max Bindernagel, Cleveland, OH, for his letter to Betsy Byars,
author of Trouble River
Mary Schartman, Cincinnati, OH, for her letter to John Steinbeck,
author The Grapes of Wrath
OKLAHOMA
Shannon Kranich, Edmond, OK, for her letter to J.R.R. Tolkien,
author of The Hobbit, and
Zachary Garrett, Broken Arrow, OK, for his letter to Arthur Ransome,
author of Coot Club*
Adam Roll, Tulsa, OK, for his letter to Stephen Crane, author
of The Red Badge of Courage
*A second winner in Level I
OREGON
Caitlin Turner, Wallowa, OR, for her letter to Sharon Creech,
author of Walk Two Moons
Dannah Shuval, Tualatin, OR, for her letter to Ray Bradbury, author
of Fahreneheit 451
TEXAS
Heather Anne Cale, New Caney, TX, for her letter to Anne Frank,
author of Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
Jessica Brier, Austin, TX, for her letter to Anne Frank, author
of Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
VERMONT
Witt Foster, Burlington, VT, for his letter to Paul Fleischman,
author of Bandit's Moon
Jennifer Davis, West Hyde Park, VT, for her letter to Rinker Buck,
author of Flight of Passage
VIRGINIA
Anthony Vorce, Appomattox, VA, for his letter to Wilson Rawls,
author of Where the Red Fern Grows
Vladimir Tenev, Alexandria, VA, for his letter to Sinclair Lewis,
author of The Jungle
WASHINGTON
Erin Voss, Mt. Vernon, WA, for her letter to Elizabeth Craft,
author of Love Bytes
Emily Piro, Seattle, WA, for her letter to Louis Sachar, author
of Holes
WISCONSIN
Melissa Vacha, Stevens Point, WI, for her letter to David Pelzer,
author of A Child Called It
Megan Harney, Wauwatose, WI, for her letter to Richard Bach, author
of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
WYOMING
Caryn Runnels, Cheyenne, WY, for her letter to William Shakespeare,
author of Romeo and Juliet
Chris Cauwenberghs, Worland, WY, for her letter to Dean Koontz,
author of Intensity
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