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Congratulations to our RI 2009 Letters about Literature Winners!

Level I State Winner & Honorable Mention

State Winner

Jazz Sussman Moss, Grade 4, Individual entry, East Greenwich
Letter to Hergé, author of the Tintin Series

State Honorable Mention

Grace Miner, Grade 5, Individual entry, East Greenwich
Letter to E. L. Konigsburg, author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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Level II State Winner & Honorable Mention

State Winner

Reilly Hayes, Grade 8, Scituate Middle School, Hope
Letter to Stephen Colbert, author of I Am America

State Honorable Mentions

Samantha Amore, Grade 7, Wickford Middle School, N. Kingston
Letter to Natalie Babbit, author of Tuck Everlasting

Andrew Miner, Grade 7, Individual entry, East Greenwich
Letter to Walt Whitman, author of the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"

Danielle Trombley, Grade 8, St. Philomena School, Newport
Letter to Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak

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Level III State Winner & Honorable Mentions

State Winner

Rebecca Burgess, Grade 9, LaSalle Academy, Providence
Letter to Lori Gottlieb, author of Stick Figure

State Honorable Mentions

Carolyn Haddad, Grade 11, St. Mary Academy Bay View, Riverside
Letter to Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice

Pedro Maldonado, Grade 12, Charles E. Shea High School, Pawtucket
Letter to Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called It

Colin-James McConnell Whitney, Grade 9, LaSalle Academy, Providence
Letter to Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World

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The 2010 Letters About Literature Deadline is December 12, 2009!

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