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NR-S sixth-grader Bailey Baumbach was a first place winner in the North Dakota State Library's Letters About Literature" contest. Her entry was a letter to Newbery Medal award-winning writer Lois Lowry about the impact "The Giver" has had on her life. She entered in the grade 4-6 division.
Baumbach was one of 99 North Dakota students who submitted an entry. Other first-place winners include grade 7-8 division Maya Wood from Minot, who wrote a letter to the authors of the poem, "Somewhere in America." Anessa Leeds from Minot took the grade 9-12 category with a letter to Dave Pelzer about "A Child Called 'It.'"
Winners in each of the three categories received $150 for first place.