Friends of the Omaha Public Library honored 12 students in grades 5-8 for their winning Virginia Frank Memorial Writing Contest essays on April 23, 2017.
5th Grade
- James Potter and the Train Ride to Hogwarts , opens a new window by Maggie McGill, St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic School
- Laura and the Big Party, opens a new window by Andrea Wemhoff, St. Peter’s Home School
- Luna and the Cooking Contest, opens a new window by Claire Niehaus, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School
6th Grade
- Shakespeare Showdown! by Ava M. Luehrs, Alfonza W. Davis Middle School
- The Unpredictable Adventures of Mother Goose, opens a new window by Will Clark, St. Margaret Mary School
- The Haunted Jail, opens a new window by Lily Turner, R.M. Marrs Magnet Center
7th Grade
- Haymitch Abernathy: The Price of Defiance, opens a new window by Sara Kalamaja, St. Stephen the Martyr School
- The Fault in Our Stars, opens a new window by Sophia Mace, St. James/Seton School
- Papa’s Home by Ava Van Gelder, Westside Middle School
8th Grade
- The Darkness Arises by Joseph Zhong, Millard North Middle School
- Future Found, opens a new window by Josh Mason, Peter Kiewit Middle School
- The Reichenbach Tragedy, opens a new window by Jude Kraft, Kraft Homeschool