{"id":119,"date":"2013-05-03T13:43:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T18:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/ctfb\/?p=119"},"modified":"2017-03-01T16:18:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T22:18:25","slug":"2013-letters-about-literature-national-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/2013\/05\/03\/2013-letters-about-literature-national-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Letters About Literature National Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letters About Literature<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2013 Competition National Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Level 1<\/strong> <\/p>\n

National Prize:<\/span>
\nAlessandra Selassie’s letter to Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House in the Big Woods.
\nAlessandra is from DC, and is a fifth grade student at the Basis DC Charter School.<\/p>\n

National Honor:<\/span>
\nRose Yuanhong Benas’s letter to Steven Mosher, author of A Mother\u2019s Ordeal: One Woman\u2019s Fight Against China\u2019s One-Child Policy.
\nRose is from Naperville, IL, and is a 6th grade student at the Avery Coonley School.<\/p>\n

National Runner-Up:<\/span>
\nDalton Vassallo’s letter to Jerry Spinelli about his novel Stargirl.
\nDalton is a 6th grade student at the Derby Academy and lives in Hingham, MA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Level 2<\/strong> <\/p>\n

National Prize:<\/span>
\nMatilda Berke’s letter to Amy Tan about her novel The Joy Luck Club.
\nMatilda is an 8th grade student at the Chandler School in Pasadena, CA.<\/p>\n

National Honor:<\/span>
\nElizabeth Chambers’ letter to J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit.
\nElizabeth is an 8th grade student at Jackson Hole MS, in Jackson Hole, WY.<\/p>\n

National Runner-Up:<\/span>
\nShannon Chinn’s letter to Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451.
\nShannon is a 7th grade student at St. Pius X\/St. Leo School in Omaha, NE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Level 3<\/strong> <\/p>\n

National Prize:<\/span>
\nElizabeth Chambers’ letter to J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit.
\nElizabeth is an 8th grade student at Jackson Hole MS, in Jackson Hole, WY.<\/p>\n

National Honor:<\/span>
\nClaire Fieldman’s letter to Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why.
\nClaire is a sophomore at Monte Vista HS in Danville, CA.<\/p>\n

National Runner-Up:<\/span>
\nGrace Mitchell’s letter to Karen Kingsbury, author of Unlocked.
\nGrace is also a sophomore at Pecos HS in Pecos, TX.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Letters About Literature 2013 Competition National Prizes Level 1  National Prize: Alessandra Selassie’s letter to Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House in the Big Woods. Alessandra is from DC, and is a fifth grade student at the Basis DC Charter School. National Honor: Rose Yuanhong Benas’s letter to Steven Mosher, author of A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12084],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}