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Washington State LAL Champion a National Winner!

Posted by wastatelib on May 16, 2008

McKenzie Dent, a 6th grader at Zeiger Elementary School in Puyallup, has been selected as one of two national Letters About Literature award winners at Level I!  McKenzie will receive her award in a special presentation at Zeiger Elementary School in June.  She wins a $500 Target gift card and a $10,000 grant for Glacier View Junior High School Library.  Glacier View Jr. High is currently under construction and will open September 2008.  McKenzie will attend Glacier View in the fall.  McKenzie wrote her letter to Alice Mead, the author of Soldier Mom.  Congratulations on your achievement, McKenzie!

More information on this year’s Letters About Literature contest is available on the Washington State Library’s website.

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