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Letters About Literature
last year's Level I First Place Winner

Wonder Smith
Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, Los Angeles
Wrote to Dr. Seuss, author of The Sneetches

  Read Wonder's Letter (pdf)
last year's Level 2 First Place Winner and National Level 2 Winner

Kailey McCoy
Individual Entry, Temecula
Wrote to Blake E.S. Taylor, author of ADHD & Me

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last year's Level 3 First Place Winner

Sandra Kaddis
Downey High School, Downey
Wrote to Naguib Mahfouz, author of The Palace of Desire

  Read Sandra's Letter (pdf)
Letters About Literature is an annual national contest for students in grades 4 through 12. 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