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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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