Twelve-year-old wins nationwide reading competition

Lucie Mathias can read best: the twelve-year-old from Bad Kreuznach won the nationwide reading competition, according to the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Education.

The seventh grade student at the Roman fortified high school convinced the jury in the finals in Berlin at the beginning of October and brought the challenge cup back to Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time since the 2003/04 school year.

Mainz - "I can't believe it," the ministry quoted the student on Thursday.

In the competition she read from the book “Pencil Heart” by Elin Hansson.

"That is a really great achievement that Lucie can be very proud of," praised Education Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD).

In addition to a book voucher, the award also includes a reading at your school.

Hubig promised a surprise gift.

And in the reading competition in the current school year, the twelve-year-old will be part of the final jury to decide on her successor.

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The reading competition, which has existed since 1959, is under the patronage of the Federal President and is organized annually by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels in cooperation with bookshops, libraries, schools and cultural institutions.

Around 600,000 sixth grade students from all over Germany take part in the competition every year.

The 16 participants in the final will be determined at the state level.

They are allowed to read from their favorite book, while in the finale they have to rehearse and recite a text passage that is new to them.

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