Iowa Winners of Letters About Literature 2006

Level I: Grades 4 through 6

• Winner: Hannah Soyer
  Hannah was also a national runner-up in Level I
  Book:  Song of the Lioness series by Tamara Pierce
  School:  Beaver Creek Elementary School, Johnston
  Grade:  5
• 2nd place:  Trevor Turner
  Book:  Slump by Dave Jarzyna 
  Winterset
  Grade:  6
• 3rd place:  Molly Zmudka
  Book:  Always Wear Clean Underwear! And Other Ways Parents Say "Love You" by Marc Gellman
  School:  Hoover Elementary School, Dubuque
  Grade:  5

Level II Grades 4-8

• Winner: Isaac Behrens
  Book:  Joshua by Joseph Girzone
  School: Franklin Middle School, Cedar Rapids
  Grade: 8
• 2nd Place: Andrew Bush
  Book:  The Fields of Home by Ralph Moody
  Des Moines
  Grade: 7
• 3rd Place: Alaina Templeton
  Book:  Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  School: Corning Junior High School
  Grade: 8

Level III Grades 9-12

• Winner:  Amol Agarwal
  Short Story:  Clothes by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  School:  Valley High School, West Des Moines
  Grade: 11
• 2nd place: Jasmine Chen
  Book:  Night by Elie Wiesel
  School:  Ames High School
  Grade: 10
• 3rd place: Daniel Menzel
  Book:  To the Last Man by Jeff Shaara
  Des Moines
  Grade: 11