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Letters About Literature Anthology the James & Madeleine McMullan FAMILY FOUNDATION presents the INDIANA competition of... 2019 Letters About Literature Anthology Anthology 2019 Letters About Literature 2019 Winning Letters by Indiana Students APRIL 13, 2019 in partnership with... Letters About Literature 2019 Winning Letters by Indiana Students Indiana Center for the Book Director Suzanne Walker Indiana State Librarian Jacob Speer Published 2019 Indiana State Library 315 W. Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 Letters About Literature The Indiana Letters About Literature program is part of a national reading/writing contest for students in grades 4 through 12 sponsored by the Library of Congress, the Indiana Center for the Book in the Indiana State Library and The James & Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation. The Library of Congress concluded its 27th and final year of the contest with this, the 2018-2019 program. However, the Library of Congress gave permission to all state Centers for the Book to continue the program on their own if they so desired. Indiana is proud to be able to keep offering this contest for Indiana students. While there will be no national winners, our winners will continue to be honored with cash prizes, publication in this annual anthology and an annual event. Indiana is particularly proud of our two students who took national awards in the Library of Congress program. Yael Epstein won the National Award for Level II this year, the last year of the Library of Congress’s involvement in the program, and Paw Soe won a National Honorable Mention for Level III in 2012. Letters About Literature will continue to be a program of the Indiana Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress. What is a Center for the Book? Are there any books in the Indiana Center for the Book? Not really… Starting in 1984, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress began to establish affiliate centers in the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These Center for the Book affiliates carry out the National Center’s mission in their local areas. Programs like this one highlight their area’s literary heritage and call attention to the importance of books, reading, literacy, and libraries. The State Centers gather annually at the Library of Congress for an Idea Exchange Day. Congratulations from the Indiana Center for the Book We are excited to honor your work in our 2019 book. We offer a special thanks to the James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation for supporting our Youth Literary Day and Letters About Literature Award Ceremony that was held on April 13, 2019 at the Indiana State Library. Our Youth Literary Day was a great event that included writing workshops; a visit from Indianapolis native A’Lelia Bundles, the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C. J. Walker; and readings of several of the award-winning letters. We also offer a special thanks to the Indiana State Library Foundation. We are constantly thankful for their support. Every year we do our best to keep the works in this book true to what the student submitted. Sometimes there are grammatical errors, but we like to think that these errors remind us of the youthfulness of our writers. It should also be noted that several letters won prizes and are not included in this book due to lack of permission by the parent at the time of printing. Several letters were lightly edited for length. The letters in this collection are heartfelt interpretations from young writers that touch on a variety of difficult themes including adoption, anxiety, bullying, death, disabilities, faith, fitting in, illness, immigration, poverty, race, refugee issues, religion, social media, success, survival, and other serious topics that our Indiana youth struggle with daily. There are lots of feelings in these letters and some language that might not be appropriate for all students. The Letters About Literature contest is changing. This is the last year that the contest will be supported by the Library of Congress. That being said, the Indiana Center for the Book will continue supporting the contest for our state. We feel that this contest and what it stands for is too important to let it fade away. Literature has the power to change people. It can teach. It can develop understanding and empathy. It can give courage where once there was none. It can befriend the lonely and even help the friendless find a friend. It can help us see others more clearly, and (maybe more importantly) help us to better understand the facets in ourselves. It’s good to learn this young so that later in life we humans know that we can turn to literature to help us continue to grow and change. That’s what this contest is all about. Suzanne Walker – Director, Indiana Center for the Book Contents Level I Finalists PAGE 1 1st Place Miguel Sebastian — Blair Pointe Upper Elementary, Peru / 1 2nd Place Sanjana Malineni — Fall Creek Intermediate, Fishers / 2 3rd Place Zara Ahmed — Castle North Middle School, Newburgh / 4 Level I Semifinalists PAGE 6 Bethany Blachly — New Palestine Intermediate, New Palestine / 6 Briar Campbell — Kankakee Valley Middle School, Wheatfield / 8 Charlotte Miksha — Fall Creek Intermediate, Fishers / 10 Viola Putnam — Blair Pointe Upper Elementary, Peru / 12 Olivia Sommerville — Castle North Middle School, Newburgh / 14 Level I Honorable Mentions PAGE 16 Claudia Antcliff — Zionsville Middle School / 16 Grace Arbogast — Northview Elementary / 17 Salma Arnett — Blair Pointe Upper Elementary / 18 Delaney Blankenbuelher-Lee — Castle North Middle School / 20 Darcy Brady — Park Tudor School / 21 Isabella Brocker — Waverly Elementary School / 22 Ehrin Browning — Northview Elementary / 23 Ella Dixon — Kankakee Valley Intermediate School / 24 Kyler Effner — Clayton, Indiana / 26 Iris Epstein — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 28 Jack Fisher — Fall Creek Intermediate / 30 Chava Gluck — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 31 Samantha Gornto — Blair Pointe Upper Elementary / 33 Amari Johnson — Crestview Elementary / 34 Jihoon Jung — Fall Creek Intermediate / 35 KylieAnn Keller — North Madison Elementary / 37 Cadence Land — North Madison Elementary / 38 Patrick Mardis — Castle North Middle School / 40 Ethan McKinney — Fall Creek Intermediate / 41 Aviya Melrose — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 43 Leah Murray — Zionsville Middle School / 45 Isabel Pearson — Dillsboro Elementary School / 47 Lilly Quirey — Park Tudor School / 48 Elle Rainwater — Brown County Intermediate / 50 Jack Stark — Zionsville Middle School / 52 Aiden Taylor — Crestview Elementary / 54 Dalton Westfall — Castle North Middle School / 55 Level II Finalists PAGE 57 1st Place Yael Epstein — Hasten Hebrew Academy, Indianapolis / 57 National Winner at the Library of Congress for Level II 2nd Place Reagan Fortwendel — Jasper Middle School, Jasper / 59 3rd Place Abby Kidwell — Jasper Middle School, Jasper / 61 Level II Semifinalists PAGE 63 Josh Bruns — Hasten Hebrew Academy, Indianapolis / 63 Braxtyn Cooper — Southridge Middle School, Huntingburg / 64 Madison Cox — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate, Fishers / 66 Paula Ramos — Central Middle School, Columbus / 68 Rachel Roberts — Northwood Middle School, Nappanee / 70 Abbi Schiefer — Saint Peter’s Lutheran, Columbus / 72 * Kenna Sondhelm — Hasten Hebrew Academy, Indianapolis / 74 Level II Honorable Mentions PAGE 76 Tahlia Alkobi — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 76 Leo Alvis — Forest Park Jr. / Sr. High School / 78 Deeksha Badugu — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 80 Yael Ehrlich — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 82 Yoav Ehrlich — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 84 Brooke Fridell — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 86 Jayme Ganz — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 88 Eva Glazier — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 89 Terryn Green — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 91 Anna Hatchett — Central Middle School / 93 Hunter Heckman — Immanuel Lutheran School / 95 Faith Helton — Decatur Middle School / 97 Braden Hinton — Immanuel Lutheran School / 99 Grace Hurzeler — Central Middle School / 101 Ellie Kim — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 103 Ana Landeros — West Noble Middle School / 105 Zeynep Law — Central Middle School / 107 Jacob Lee — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 109 Karleigh LeMond — Jasper Middle School / 111 Marielle McConnell — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 113 Chelsea Murdock — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 114 Ananya Ramanujapuram — Central Middle School / 116 Nicole Rebber — Immanuel Lutheran School / 117 Brianna Ruscoe — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 119 Gabriela Schmitt — Jasper Middle School / 120 Emily Setser — Salem Middle School / 122 Lidya Solomon — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 124 Graham Tatman — Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate / 126 Gabriel Vasquez-Jaffe — Hasten Hebrew Academy / 128 Brailyn Whaley — Jasper Middle School / 130 Level III Finalists PAGE 133 1st Place Andrew Roets — Illiana Christian High School, Dyer / 133 2nd Place Isabelle Neibert — Illiana Christian High School, Dyer / 135 3rd Place Catherine George — Culver Academies, Culver / 137 Level III Semifinalists PAGE 139 Abbigayl Eldridge — Oldenburg Academy, Oldenburg / 139 Chloe Graham — Northwestern High School, Kokomo / 141 Madilyn Holesinger — Illiana Christian High School, Dyer / 143 Jasmine Hsu — Carmel High School, Carmel / 145 Emma Slings — Illiana Christian High School, Dyer / 147 Angel Vasquez — Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis / 148 Megan York — Northwestern High School, Kokomo / 150 Level III Honorable Mentions PAGE 152 Brittany Benson — Illiana Christian High School / 152 Sam Boonstra — Illiana Christian
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