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Author
Language
English
Description
Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Ava writes a thank you to Santa in January, he writes back and sets off a year's worth of correspondence where they exchange information about their daily lives and discuss their shared love of Christmas"- -
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old Indian immigrant in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son become pen pals, and eventually best friends, through a series of revealing letters exploring such topics as environmental activism, immigration, and racism.
Author
Series
Surprised by love volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Recovering from a horse and buggy accident that took the lives of his family, Jeremiah Zook is struggling to regain both his spirit and his body. While his legs remain stubbornly opposed to moving, he exercises his hands by writing, and finds the perfect outlet for his grief in inspirational letters to the Amish newspaper. When Keturah Esch, a woman who works at the Green Valley Farmer's Market, responds with gratitude, Jeremiah has no idea that his...
7) Dear dragon
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a school project, George and Blaise become pen pals, writing rhyming letters about their favorite things to do, unaware that one is human and the other a dragon.
9) Extra credit
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
As letters flow back and forth - between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides - sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
distributed by Vivendi Entertainment, $c 2009
Language
English
Description
Through a series of letters, Jared Marshall and Sgt. Vince Carerra bond over a love of baseball. Jared reveals his lonelieness and estrangement from his dad after his parents' divorce. When Vince returns home and meets Jared with his mother, he finds himself falling for her.
11) Dear Emmie Blue
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A novel about teenager Emmie Blue, who releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the sky, only to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it; now, fourteen years later, the one thing Emmie has been counting on is gone for good, and everything she planned is up in the air"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
Author
Series
Katarina ballerina volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
At ballet summer camp in Washington, DC, Katarina meets Ricky, who has endless talent for dance as well as for soccer. When Ricky returns home to London, England, Katarina's pen pal letters add support as Ricky tries to follow his passion and not others' opinions as he chooses between soccer and dance.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the friendship between an American girl and her pen pal from Zimbabwe, discussing how a class assignment was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.
16) Written in love
Author
Series
Amish letters volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"When a postal error creates pen pals of two young Amish people, can they put behind their past mistakes to see the bright future God has written for them?"--
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Peanut butter and Jellyfish. Peanut Butter and Jellyfish are best of friends. Crabby is their neighbor. He is not their best friend. But when Crabby gets in trouble, will Peanut Butter and Jellyfish come to the rescue?
Same, same but different. Elliot lives in America, and Kailash live in India. They are pen pals. By exchanging letters and pictures, they learn that their worlds might look different, but they are actually similar.
One cool friend....
Author
Publisher
Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Ryan dies in Afghanistan, he leaves a letter asking that his friend Beckett watch over his sister, Ella. Beckett has already been corresponding with her under his nickname, Chaos, and after leaving the service he goes to visit Ella, who is the motherof twins. One of the twins has been diagnosed with leukemia, and Ella is dealing with the illness while running a business-- singlehandedly. When Beckett becomes part of Ella's life, will his promise...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fawn Birchill knows that her used bookstore is the heart of West Philadelphia, a cornerstone of culture for a community that for twenty years has found the quirkiness absolutely charming. When an amicable young indie bookseller invades her block, Fawn is convinced that his cushy couches, impressive selection, coffee bar, and knowledgeable staff are a neighborhood blight. As she wages her war, Fawn is forced to reflect on a few unavoidable truths:...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Writing a letter to Earth asking how they can help protect the planet, the students of Room 5 are thrilled by an ensuing year-long correspondence that teaches them how everyday kids can connect with the environment and make a difference.
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