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<p class="MsoNormal">OREGONIAN RECEIVES 2012 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE NATIONAL HONOR AWARD
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year 59,000 students in 4<sup>th</sup>-12<sup>th</sup> grade entered Letters About Literature nationally. 856 of those students were from Oregon. All students send their entries to the National Letters About Literature coordinator
who facilitates the first round of judging. In March, the Oregon judges reviewed 70 letters from Oregon students that made it to the second round of judging and selected our State winners, runners up and honorable mentions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to thank the 2012 Letters About Literature judges who took time from their busy schedules to read all the letters, often reviewing each letter multiple times, and for getting together to have a thoughtful discussion.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Author, Linda Crew <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Author, Susan Blackaby<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Author, Leah Wilcox<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">School Librarian, Kathy Otto<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">School Librarian, <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Steve Cox</span></strong><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">School Librarian, Linda Bilyeu
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Library Branch Manager, Marianne Coalson<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Youth Services Librarian,<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Victoria Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></strong></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Young Adult Librarian, April Witteveen<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 56 semi-finalists received $10 Barnes & Noble gift cards, 8 honorable mentions received $25 Barnes & Noble gift cards, three runners-up received $50 cash, and the three winners received $100 cash, a $50 Target gift certificate. The
three winners’ letters also went on to compete in the final round of national judging. These state level prizes would not be possible without generous support from Target Stores, and our local co-sponsors:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">OLA’s Children’s Services Division (CSD)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">OLA’s Young Adult Network (OYAN)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Oregon Association for School Libraries<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">Oregon Reading Association.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon Center for the Book is pleased to announce that Lucia Hadella, one of Oregon’s three winners, was selected as a national 2012 Letters About Literature honor award winner. As a national honor, Lucia received a $100 Target GiftCard
and her school library at Phoenix High School in Jackson County will receive a $1,000 grant for new library books and programs for all their students to enjoy.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All of Oregon’s Letters About Literature winners did a wonderful job, and their letters are evidence that teachers and students are doing great work in our state.
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<h4 align="left" style="text-align:left"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Level I (4<sup>th</sup>-6<sup>th</sup> Grade)<o:p></o:p></span></u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Honorable Mentions
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Juliet Raedeke</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Ashland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairy Land</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Catherynne Valente<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anonymous<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Bud Not Buddy</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Christopher Paul Curtis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anonymous<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wings</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Aprilynne Pike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sasha Bartoo-Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Portland<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">So B. It</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Sarah Weeks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">First Place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sinead Pyle</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Ashland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stargirl</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Lisa Graff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 align="left" style="text-align:left"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Level II (7<sup>th</sup> & 8<sup>th</sup> Grade)<o:p></o:p></span></u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Honorable Mentions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Felicity Rizzo</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Love Drugged</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">James Klise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dora Totoian</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Roseburg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Betty Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Taylor Ishida</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">J.K. Rowling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Anonymous</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Rudyard Kipling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">First Place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ella Beaver</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, Portland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:20.4pt;text-indent:-2.4pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The House at Pooh Corner</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:20.4pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A.A. Milne</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Level III (9<sup>th</sup> – 12<sup>th</sup> Grade)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
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<p class="MsoNormal">More information about this annual reading and writing contest is available on the ‘Letters About Literature’ (http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutlit.shtml) web page.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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