2012 Level 1 First Place Winner

Emily Folkner Emily Folkner
D.W. Long Elementary School, Fontana
Wrote to Nancy Tillman, author of Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You

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2012 Level 2 First Place Winner and National Winner

Matilda Lin Burke Matilda Lin Berke
Chandler School, Pasadena
Wrote to Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club

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2012 Level 3 First Place Winner and National Honor

Claire Fieldman Claire Fieldman
Monte Vista High School, Danville
Wrote to Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why

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Letters About Literature

Letters About Literature is an annual national contest for students in grades 4 through 10. The students are invited to write a letter to an author (living or dead), in which he or she explains just how the author's work has changed the student's life or view of the world.

Finalists and Semi-Finalists

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