2007 LAL

The following students received awards at the 2007 Letters About Literature award ceremony in April 2007.

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First Name	Last Name	School	Book Title	Author	Prize Level
Level One
Molly	Lovern	Brushfork E.S.	The Devil's Arithmetic	Jane Yolen	TH
Ebhann	Campbell		Martin the Warrior	Brian Jacques	H
Hanna	Davis	Spring Mills M.S.	Blubber	Judy Blume	H
Liesl Faye	Hake		Spider Sparrow	Dick King-Smith	H
Lydia	LeMaster	Mercer School	Up Molasses Mountain	Julie Baker	H
Adam	Bowles	Princeton M.S.	Naruto	Masashi Kishimoto	HM
Sydney	England	Mullens G.S.	The Hair Book	Dr. Suess	HM
Grace	Kesler		Pinocchio's Quest	Robert Rogland, Vic Lockman & Michael J. McHugh	HM
Mattie	Kliethermes	Fairmont Catholic School	Getting Near to Baby	Audrey Couloumbis	HM
Madison	Moyer	Fairmont Catholic School	The Tiger Rising	Kate DiCamillo	HM
Amanda	Assaley	St. Joseph G.S.	Coming Home	Lauren Brooke	NM
Danite	Belay	Bluefield I.S.	Junie B. Jones	Barbara Parks	NM
Catherine	Boyles	Fairmont Catholic School	The Ugly Duckling	Hans Christian Anderson	NM
Nathan	Burks	Mercer School	Fudge -a- Mania	Judy Blume	NM
Abigail	Darnold		Hatchet	Gary Paulsen	NM
Joee	Goheen	St. Joseph G.S.	A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Saminska	Susan Campbell Bartoletti	NM
Destiny	Harrison	South Jefferson E.S. Library	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J.K. Rowling	NM
Emma	Hurley	Milton M.S.	Holes	Louis Sachar	NM
Anna	Kelley	Fairmont Catholic School	Grandfather Twilight	Barbara Berger	NM
Amy	Lusk	Mullens G.S.	First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!	Barbara Park	NM
Loran	Margevich	Spring Mills M.S.	Seabiscuit	Laura Hillenbrand	NM
Madison	Martin	Maysville E.S.	Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson	NM
Jordan	Masterson	Bluefield I.S.	Flea Circus Summer	Cheryl Ware	NM
Savannah	Poore	Bluefield I.S.	Junie B. Jones	Barbara Park	NM
Ali	Sansalone	Fairmont Catholic School	Mama, Do You Love Me?	Barbara M. Joosse;Barbara Lavallee	NM
Auri Anna	Shay	Fairmont Catholic School	Catering to Nobody	Diane Mott Davidson	NM
Brittany	Stillwell	South Jefferson E.S. Library	"Homework, Oh Homework"	Jack Prelutsky	NM
Olivia	Zarilla	St. Joseph G.S.	The Diary of Melanie Martin	Carol Weston	NM
Level Two
Mollee	Brown	Fairmont Catholic	Old Yeller	Fred Gipson	TH
Nicole	Marton	Bridgeport M.S.	A Journey to the Center of the Earth	Jules Verne	H
Deirdre	Tobin	Fairmont Catholic	Anne of Green Gables	Lucy Maud Montgomery	H
Alexandra	Flanigan	South M.S.	Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson	H
Hannah	Bowles	Glenwood School	For One More Day	Mitch Albom	HM
Nicole	Godbey	Elkview M.S.	Charlotte's Web	E.B. White	HM
Rachel	Goforth	Bluefield M.S.	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Shel Silverstein	HM
Raef	Lambertson	South M.S.	When Pigasso Met Mootisse	Nina Laden	HM
Mary Beth	Miller	Princeton M.S.	Where I Want to Be	Adele Griffin	HM
Lydia	Pierson	Beverly Hills M.S.	The Skin I'm In	Sharon G. Flake	HM
Kyle	Berkow	South M.S.	Hoot	Carl Hiaasen	NM
Brandon	Bostic	Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School	The Bad Beginning	Lemony Snicket	NM
Sean	Coffers	South M.S.	Great Book of Amber	Robert Zelanzy	NM
Shannon	Dineen		Oliver Twist	Charles Dickens	NM
David	Donohue	Shepherdstown M.S.	Gone With the Wind	Margret Mitchell	NM
Jacob	Downing	Fairmont Catholic	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Joanne Rowling	NM
Alan	Foss	Milton M.S.	Books by Dr. Seuss	Dr. Seuss	NM
Heidi	Fraley	Shepherdstown M.S.	Eragon	Christopher Paolini	NM
Emily	Garcia	Fairmont Catholic	The Giver	Lowis Lowry	NM
Caitlin	Hassan	Bluefield M.S.	"If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking"	Emily Dickinson	NM
Audrey	Hayhurst	Fairmont Catholic	Taking Liberty	Ann Rinaldi	NM
Lindsey	Hess	Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School	The Value of Patience	Spencer Johnson	NM
Logan	Honaker	Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School	First Descent	Kevin Harrison	NM
Pranav	Jain	Fairmont Catholic	The Red Pony	John Steinbeck	NM
Seth	Kesler		Sister's Letter	Grace Kesler	NM
Sarah	Klenk	Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School	The Clique Series	Lisi Harrison	NM
Katelyn	LaValley		The Little House on the Prairie	Laura Ingalls Wilder	NM
Sydney	Lester	Milton M.S.	No Title	Bacon Finn	NM
Danielle	Licata	Fairmont Catholic	The Case For Faith	Lee Strobel	NM
Kaitlynn	Lilly	Princeton M.S.	The Hiding Place	Corrie ten Boom	NM
Ashley	Lively	Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School	Night	Elie Weisel	NM
Zack	Lusher	Milton M.S.	The Inheritance Trilogy	Christopher Paolini	NM
Mynika	Martin	Harpers Ferry M.S.	Running Out of Time	Margaret Peterson Haddix	NM
Emily	McInturff	Bridgeport M.S.	A Young Woman's Walk with God	Elizabeth George	NM
Kayla	Moles	Elkview M.S.	Sixteen and Dying	Lurlene McDaniel	NM
Jared	Peterson	South M.S.	The Rookie	Jim Morris and Joel Engel	NM
Kaitlyn	Powers	Glenwood School	The Truth About Forever	Sarah Dessen	NM
Elizabeth	Robinson	Harpers Ferry M.S.	London Bridges	James Patterson	NM
Natalee	Rogerson	Moundsville J.H.S.	Sort of Forever	Sally Warner	NM
Kate	Schessler	John Adams M.S.	I Haved Lived 1,000 Years	Livia Bitton- Jackson	NM
Karley	Smith	Moundsville J.H.S.	Holes	Louis Sachar	NM
Nicholas	Stinson	Princeton M.S.	Old Yeller	Fred Gipson	NM
Kelsey	Toompas	Philippi M.S.	The Magic Tree House Series	Mary Pope Osborne	NM
Madison	Whiting	Fairmont Catholic	A Girl Named Disaster	Nancy Farmer	NM
William	Zhang	Beverly Hills M.S.	White Fang	Jack London	NM
Level Three
Carolyn	Garcia		Last Chance to See	Douglas Adams	TH
Haley	McDonald	Musselman H.S.	Rainbow Boys	Alex Sanchez	H
Ashley	Yoho		Anorexic	Eavan Boland	H
Annie	Flatley	Wheeling Park H.S.	Speak	Laurie Halse Anderson	H
Javier	Carrera	Magnolia H.S.	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	J.K. Rowling	HM
Amber	Eakin	East Fairmont H.S.	"Shooting an Elephant"	George Orwell	HM
Isaac	Hake		Cyrano De Bergerac	Edmond Rostand	HM
Shayla	Hughes	Roane County H.S.	Speak	Laurie Halse Anderson	HM
Meghan	Kinty	East Fairmont H.S.	The Giver	Lois Lowry	HM
Sabrina	Morris	Musselman H.S.	"The Raven"	Edgar Allan Poe	HM
Eric	Allen	East Fairmont H.S.	Holes	Louis Sachar	NM
Marlee	Amos	Magnolia H.S.	Song and Dance Man	Karen Ackerman	NM
Britney	Beasley	Capital H.S.	Jacob Have I Loved	Katherine Paterson	NM
Ashleigh	Blake	Magnolia H.S.	The Pearls of Lutra	Brian Jacques	NM
Shayla	Brown	Wheeling Park H.S.	Across Five Aprils	Irene Hunt	NM
Benjamin	Burford	Capital H.S.	Let's Roll: Ordinary People,Extraordinary Courage	Lisa Beamer	NM
Kendra	Campbell	East Fairmont H.S.	Peter Pan	J.M. Barrie	NM
Heidi	Chrisman	Musselman H.S.	The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane	Kate DiCamillo	NM
Morgan	Cottrell	Roane County H.S.	Bass Ackwards and Belly Up	Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain	NM
Justin	Cousins	Capital H.S.	His Needs Her Needs	Willard F. Farley	NM
Ashley	Dusing	Musselman H.S.	Sadie-in-Waiting	Annie Jones	NM
Jennifer	Garbett	Capital H.S.	Flowers in the Attic	V.C. Andrews	NM
Sarah	Groves	Wheeling Park H.S.	A Child Called It	Dave Pelzer	NM
Luke	Hake		Learning to See Creatively	Bryan Peterson	NM
Hannah	Hartley	Capital H.S.	It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life	Lance Armstrong	NM
Rachel	Hoffman	Magnolia H.S.	Various Titles	Lisa Scottoline	NM
Jodie	Lee	Capital H.S.	The Bad Beginning	Lemony Snickett	NM
David	Macaulay	East Fairmont H.S.	The Teeth of the Tiger	Tom Clancy	NM
Casey	Main	Wheeling Park H.S.	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	NM
Kristen	McCauley	Buckhannon-Upshur H.S.	Frankenstein Series	Dean Koontz	NM
Kevin	Meigh	Wheeling Park H.S.	The Scarlet Letter	Nathaniel Hawthorne	NM
Abbi	Menear	Parkersburg H.S.	Shattering	Gail Giles	NM
Rachelle	Miller	Magnolia H.S.	Protector of the Small	Tamora Pierce	NM
Allysa	Murphy	Buckhannon-Upshur H.S.	"Polaris"	H.P. Lovecraft	NM
Kailee	Napier	Magnolia H.S.	The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas	NM
Elizabeth	Nauman	Musselman H.S.	I Don't Want to Be Crazy	Samantha Schutz	NM
Kaitlyn	Noe		The Outsiders	S.E. Hinton	NM
Elizabeth	Ochoa	Roane County H.S.	Geography Club	Brent Hartinger	NM
Jay	Onestinghel	Parkersburg H.S.	The Godfather	Mario Puzo	NM
Matthew	Perrella	East Fairmont H.S.	Holes	Louis Sachar	NM
Matt	Pizatella	East Fairmont H.S.	The Godfather	Mario Puzo	NM
Arpan	Prabhu		When the Wind Blows	James Patterson	NM
Derek	Pritt	Wheeling Park H.S.	To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	NM
Andrew	Robinson	Magnolia H.S.	The Giver	Lois Lowry	NM
Derrick	Robrecht	Wheeling Park H.S.	Fast Food Nation	Eric Schlosser	NM
Nicole	Sangid	Capital H.S.	Love You Forever	Robert Munsch	NM
Daniel	Seavy	Magnolia H.S.	The Alex Rider Series	Anthony Horowitz	NM
Neel	Sharma	Wheeling Park H.S.	1984	George Orwell	NM
Paulina	Skaff	Capital H.S.	Diabesity	Francine Kaufman	NM
Patrick	Stewart		The Divine Comedy	Dante Alighieri	NM
Preston	Sundin	Notre Dame H.S.	Heart of Darkness	Joseph Conrad	NM
Kristi	Swanson	Musselman H.S.	The Outsiders	S.E. Hinton	NM
Kristen	Talerico	East Fairmont H.S.	Lovely Bones	Alice Sebold	NM
Lauren	Tolbert	Wheeling Park H.S.	The Girl Death Left Behind	Lurlene McDaniel	NM
Emily	Whiting	Musselman H.S.	Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls	NM
Martina	Wilkinson	Capital H.S.	Fruits Basket	Natsuki Takaya	NM
Trent	Wilson	East Fairmont H.S.	"Self-Reliance"	Ralph Emerson	NM
Audrey	Wright	Capital H.S.	Les Miserables	Victor Hugo	NM
Lauren	Yett	East Fairmont H.S.	Twilight	Stephanie Meyer	NM