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| Level |
Winner |
City |
Author |
Book Title |
| 2008 - I |
Jamie
Yearout |
Stilwell |
Ann Martin |
A Corner of the Universe |
| 2008 - II |
Corinne Andreson |
Overland
Pak |
Madeline L’Engle |
A Swiftly Tilting Planet |
| 2008 - III |
Ammarah Usmani |
Wichita |
Firoozeh Dumas |
Funny in Farsi |
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2007 - I |
Grayce
McAllister |
Americus |
Susan
Wojciechowski |
The Christmas Miracle
of Jonathan Toomey |
| 2007 - II |
Francesca
Hutton |
Wichita |
Daniel Handler
(Lemony Snicket ) |
A Series of
Unfortunate Events |
| 2007 - III |
Jamie
Allan |
Ottawa |
Theodore Geisel
(Dr. Seuss) |
Oh, The Places
You’ll Go! |
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| 2006 - I |
Jessi
Glueck |
Leawood |
Esme Raji
Codell |
Sahara Special |
| 2006 - II |
Anna
Petrow |
Mission Hills |
Wilson
Rawls |
Where the Red Fern Grows |
| 2006 - III |
Autumn
Myers |
Ottawa |
Max
Lucado |
You Are Special |
 In Kansas, over 1,400 students in grades 4 through 12 submitted letters to the 2007
initiative. One hundred thirty-four were selected as semi-finalists.
The state winner for Level I, grades 4 through 6, was Grayce McAllister of
Americus for her letter to Susan Wojciechowski for The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. The state winner for Level II, grades 7 through 8, was Francesca Hutton
of Wichita for her letter to Daniel Handler for A Series of Unfortunate Events. The state winner for Level III was Jamie Allan of Ottawa, who wrote to Dr. Seuss
about Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Kansas state winners each receive a certificate, a cash award plus a $50 gift card to Target Stores. Recognition and awards were made at the Kansas Authors
Dinner at the annual library Tri-Conference at Topeka’s Expocentre, Thursday, April 12, 2007.
Target Stores, along with its parent company Target Corporation, gives back more than $2 million a year to its local communities through grants and special
programs. Since opening its first store in 1962, Target has partnered with nonprofit organizations, guests and team members to help meet community needs.
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