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The following students received awards at the 2004 Letters About Literature award ceremony in April (see the press release for additional information).

FP= First Place   RU=Runner-Up   HM=Honorable Mention

First Name

Last Name

School

Book Title

Author

Prize Level

Level I

Haley Nicole

Hurst - Hodges

Montcalm Elem.

My Louisiana Sky

Kimberly Willis Holt

FP

Sam

Hardy

Mercer

I Am Leaper

Annabel Johnson

RU

Thomas

Lusk

Mercer

Mitch & Amy

Beverly Cleary

HM

Adam

Mills

Mercer

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L' Engle

HM

Kelsey

Sowder

Bluefield Intermediate

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Shel Silverstein

HM

Cortney

Tinnel

Birch River Elementary

Tom's Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce

Finalist

Aaron

Smith

Springfield Green Spring Elem.

Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket

Finalist

Caroline

Merritt

Bluefield Intermediate

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse

Finalist

Michelle

Schussler

Milton MS

The Wizard of Oz

L.Frank Baum

Finalist

Bethany

Law

Milton MS

Holes

Louis Sachar

Finalist

Nolan

Queen

Milton MS

I Have A Dream

Martin Luther King Jr.

Finalist

Annie

Hammell

McKinley Elem.

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Finalist

McKenzie

Mills

Fairmont Catholic School

Courage of Helen Keller

Francene Sabin

Finalist

Alex

Mascaro

Fairmont Catholic School

Damon and Pythias

Fran Kissen

Finalist

Krissy

Bodnovich

Fairmont Catholic School

Damon and Pythias

Fran Kissen

Finalist

Nick

Stinson

Mercer

The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Finalist

Chad

White

Mussleman MS

The Old Man and The Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Finalist

Mason

Ballard

Confidence Elementary

Harry Potter Series

J.K. Rowling

Finalist

Mark

Sampson

Bluefield Intermediate

Missing May

Cynthia Rylant

Finalist

Michelle

Hogmire

Mussleman MS

Monster

Walter Dean Myers

Finalist

Chris

Robinson

Buckhannon - Upshur Intermediate

Holes

Louis Sachar

Finalist

Ian

Lovern

Brushfork Elem.

Captain Underpants and the attack of the Talking Toilets

Dav Pilkey

Finalist

Level II

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Caroline Rose

Garcia

Fairmont Catholic School

When the Wind Stops

Charlotte Zolotow

FP

Savannah

Roberts

Beverly Hills MS

Peter Pan

James M.Barrie

RU

Abra

Blevins

Enslow MS

"I am" from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

Krysteen Hernandez

HM

Jenna

Wood

Fairmont Catholic School

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

HM

Heidi Elizabeth

Chrisman

Mussleman MS

Holes

Louis Sachar

HM

Megan

Massie

Princeton MS

The Hiding Place

Corrie Ten Boom

Finalist

Emily

Beckelhimer

Milton MS

Jacob Have I Loved

Katherine Paterson

Finalist

Chris

Bolen

Milton MS

Hardy Boys Series

Franklin W. Dixon

Finalist

Ashlee

Payton

Milton MS

All (The whole series)

Dr. Seuss

Finalist

Sarah

Watson

Princeton MS

Unsinkable Friendship

Delicia Dudley

Finalist

David

Hamilton

Milton MS

King James Bible

 

Finalist

Meghan

Mills

Fairmont Catholic School

Witch Child, Sorceress

Celia Rees

Finalist

Mathew

French

Moundsville JHS

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Finalist

Sara Lynn

Dove

Faith Christian Academy

The Two Towers

J.R.R. Tolkien

Finalist

Miana

Stewart

Mussleman MS

Helen Keller, The Story of my Life

Helen Keller

Finalist

Alyssa

Ruberto

Fairmont Catholic School

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket

Finalist

Matt

Stapleton

Enslow MS

Hatchet

Gary Paulsen

Finalist

Brittany

Groves

Western Greenbrier JHS

Kim: Empty Inside

Beatrice Sparks

Finalist

Sasha Danielle

Crist

Western Greenbrier JHS

We're Not Monsters

Sabrina Solim Weill

Finalist

Peggy S.

Baldwin

Enslow MS

Helen Keller: The Story of my Life

Helen Keller

Finalist

Rachel

Riley

Milton MS

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J.K. Rowling

Finalist

Kelsi

Cooper

Milton MS

"Christy Miller" Series

Robin Jones Gunn

Finalist

Chris

Chapman

Milton MS

The Harry Potter Series

J. K. Rowling

Finalist

Ethan P.

Hurley

Milton MS

The Hammer of GOD

Arthur C. Clarke

Finalist

Jacob

Marshall

Milton MS

Voices from Vietnam

Barry Denenberg

Finalist

Level III

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Jill

Meadows

Fayetteville HS

Angela's Ashes

Frank Mc Court

FP

Preston

Sundin

Notre Dame HS

A Long Way From Chicago

Richard Peck

RU

Rebecca Marie

Saracco

Wheeling Park HS

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Jill Maxbauer

HM

Jaquetta M.

Coy

Capital HS

Phenomenal Woman

Maya Angelou

HM

Tricia

Szerszen

Wheeling Park HS

These is my Words

Nancy E.Turner

Finalist

Laura

Wright

Martinsburg HS

Forced Exit: The Slippery Slope From Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder

Wesley Smith

Finalist

Jhesse

Jones

North Marion HS

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

Finalist

Heather

Toothman

North Marion HS

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's

J.K. Rowling

Finalist

Cecilia

Manzo

North Marion HS

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Finalist

Alex

Menas

North Marion HS

It's Not About the Bike

Lance Armstrong

Finalist

Brooke

Fluharty

North Marion HS

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Finalist

Keith J.

Earl

North Marion HS

The Coalwood Way

Homer Hickam

Finalist

Brittany

Horner

North Marion HS

Not Without My Daughter

Betty Mahmoody

Finalist

Kendra

Shuck

North Marion HS

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Finalist

Miranda

Vance

North Marion HS

A Child Called It

Dave Pelzer

Finalist

Danille

Harris

North Marion HS

A Walk to Remember

Nicholas Sparks

Finalist

Michael

Morris

Capital HS

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

Finalist

Nicole

Mata

Capital HS

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

Finalist

Nathan

Galinsky

Capital HS

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkein

Finalist

Tasha

Frazie

Capitol HS

The Lesson of the Moth from Archy and Mehitabel

Don Marquis

Finalist

Sydney

Clark

Capitol HS

Night

Elie Wiesel

Finalist

Rachel

Petts

Capitol HS

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

Finalist

J.

M.

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

Finalist

Jessica

Toland

Wheeling Park

Footprints in the Sand

Anonymous

Finalist

Nevin

Sharma

Wheeling Park HS

Famine, Affluence, Morality

Peter Singer

Finalist

Jennifer

Mathieu

Wheeling Park HS

Letter to the Ephesians

Apostle Paul

Finalist

K.

W.

 

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Elisa Donovan

Finalist

Brittney

Warnick

Wheeling Park HS

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Kelly Garnett

Finalist

Angela

Dalporto

Fayetteville HS

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

Finalist

Justin

Weis

Fayetteville

A Child Called "It"

Dave Pelzer

Finalist

Lia Ashley

Tincher

Fayetteville HS

Thanatopsis

William Cullen Bryant

Finalist

Morgan

Spearen

Fayetteville HS

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

Finalist

Anna

Neil

Capitol HS

Sloppy Firsts

Megan McCafferty

Finalist

Benjamin David

Cale

Winfield HS

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Dafoe

Finalist

Laura

Elicker

Alldredge Academy

Black Rock in Rainy Weather

Sylvia Plath

Finalist

Sara

Baxa

Capitol HS

A Handmaids Tale

Margaret Atwood

Finalist

Benjamin

McCann

Buckhannon-Upshur HS

The Stone and the Flute

Hans Bemmann

Finalist

Heidi

Beverage

Pocahontas Co. HS

The Sarah Buel Story

Sarah Buel

Finalist

Amy

Mason

Inwood HS

Night

Elie Wiesel

Finalist

Rebecca

Tyner

Inwood HS

Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

Finalist

Jenica

Schoolcraft

Ravenswood HS

All Works

Stephen King

Finalist

Kelsey

Batten

Ravenswood HS

The Left Behind Series

Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim Lahaye

Finalist

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