Level I – Grades 4-6

Julie Greiner

California: Level I First Place Winner

Julie Greiner
Redwood Middle School, Thousand Oaks
Wrote to Shel Silverstein, author of The Giving Tree

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Finalists:

Kathy Camenzind, San Ramon , wrote to Erin Hunter, author of Into the Wild [pdf]

Nate Entz, Three Rivers, wrote to Brian Jacques, author of Mossflower [pdf]

Isabella Hutchinson, Culver City, wrote to Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [pdf]

Isabella Krug, Upland, wrote to Janet Shaw, author of Meet Kirsten [pdf]

Anushka Patil, Cupertino, wrote to Lois Lowry, author of The Giver [pdf]

Natalie Roodman, Simi Valley, wrote to Kate Dicamillo, author of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane [pdf]

Kate Rowey, Culver City, wrote to Jeanne Wakatsuki, author of Farewell to Manzanar [pdf]

Mariah Steiger, Windsor, wrote to Bette Green, author of Summer of my German Soldier [pdf]

Ann Taylor, Templeton, wrote to Gannett, author of My Father's Dragon [pdf]

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Level II – Grades 7-8

Michael Sturgis

California: Level II First Place Winner

Michael Sturgis
Pioneer Junior High School, Upland
Wrote to Louis Sachar, author of Small Steps

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Finalists:

Alanna Araujo, Hersperia, wrote to Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth [pdf]

Clara Becka, Redondo Beach, wrote to E L Konigsburg, author of The View from Saturday [pdf]

Jordan Borg, Granite Bay, wrote to Natasha Friend, author of Perfect [pdf]

Teresa Castillo, Los Angeles, wrote to Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called 'It' [pdf]

Shannon M. Coey, Santiago MS, wrote to Julie Anne Peters, author of Define 'Normal' [pdf]

Aubrey Sara Kaye, Camarillo, wrote to Cornelia Funke, author of Inkheart [pdf]

Leann Lo, Sanger, wrote to Anne Holm, author of I Am David [pdf]

Miriam Michelle Million, San Diego, wrote to J K Rowling, author of Harry Potter series [pdf]

Cindy Tay, Fremont, wrote to Jack London, author of White Fang [pdf]

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Level III – Grades 9-12

Nicholas Oeffinger

California: Level III First Place Winner

Nicholas Oeffinger
West Bay High School, San Carlos
Wrote to Malcom X, author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X

 

Finalists:

Denise Cisneros, Huntington Park, wrote to Sandra Cisneros, author of House on Mango Street [pdf]

Chandler Corallo, Half Moon Bay, wrote to Toni Morrison, author of The Bluest Eye [pdf]

Robert Garcia, Whittier, wrote to Alex Sanchez, author of Rainbow High [pdf]

Isoken Igbinedion, Palm Desert, wrote to Michael Dorris, author of Yellow Raft in Blue Water [pdf]

Zosha Kandel, Nipomo, wrote to Chaim Potok, author of My Name is Asher Lev [pdf]

Audrey Kim, Hacienda Heights , wrote to Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak [pdf]

Michael Murata, Palos Verdes, wrote to Yoshiko Uchida, author of Journey to Topaz [pdf]

Joseph Taylor, Saugus, wrote to George Orwell, author of 1984 [pdf]

Paul Tran, La Jolla, wrote to Neil Simon, author of Lost in Yonkers [pdf]

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Letters About Literature

Letters About Literature is an annual national contest for students in grades 4 through 12 (starting in 2013, 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.

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