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ORLANDO, Writer/Director Wil Shriner (Frasier,
Becker) presented sixth-grader Zak Dahlheimer
of Deland with a walk-on movie
role in the screen adaptation of Hoot, an award for winning first
place in the
Read Together, Florida essay contest, part of Governor Jeb Bush's Family
Literacy
Initiative.
The contest was open to all middle school students in Florida and was part
of
the one book/one state reading promotion Read Together, Florida, which is
designed to enhance the
love of reading. Each of the three winners received a
personally inscribed copy of Hoot from Hiaasen
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Company.
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Florida
, the Department of Education's Office of Just Read, Florida!, the
Florida Center for the Literary
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+ Noble, Florida Press
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Literary Arts at Miami Dade College. More than 1,200 essays were submitted
across Florida
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