2005 Letters About Literature Winners

Level I: Grades 4 through 6

• Winner: Erica Bjelland
  Book: Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
  School: Decorah Middle School
  Grade: 5
• 2nd Place: Ben Parsons
  Book: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  School: Wallace Elementary School, Johnston
  Grade: 5
• 3rd Place: Corinne Gay
  Book: Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
  School: Merrill Middle School, Des Moines
  Grade: 6

Level II: Grades 7 and 8

• Winner: Bekah Hanish
  Book: Driven with the Wind by Lynn and Gilbert Morris
  School: Community Christian School, Fort Dodge
  Grade: 8
• 2nd Place: Scott Skophammer
  Book: Zebra by Chaim Potok
  School: Phillips Middle School, Fort Dodge
  Grade: 8
• 3rd Place: Helen Tobin
  Book: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
  School: Indian Hills Junior High School, Clive
  Grade: 8

Level III: Grades 9 through 12

• Winner: Edward Chen
  Book: The Stranger by Albert Camus
  School: Ames High School
  Grade: 12
• 2nd Place: Daniel Menzel
  Book: Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
  School: Home schooled
• 3rd Place: April Mohler
  Book: Fat Chance by Leslea Newman
  School: Lamoni High School
  Grade: 10