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Andrew Clements (Author), Mark Elliott (Illustrator)
When Abby's first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, Sadeed Bayat is chosen to be her pen pal ... well, kind of. He is the best writer, but he is also a boy, and in his village it is not appropriate for a boy to correspond with a girl. So his younger sister dictates and signs the letter, until Sadeed decides what his sister is telling Abby isn't what he'd like Abby to know. As letters go back and forth between Illinois and Afghanistan, Abby and Sadeed discover their letters are crossing more than an ocean. They are also crossing a huge cultural divide and lots of different lifestyles and traditions
Print Book, English, 2011
First Atheneum books for Young Readers paperback edition View all formats and editions
Antheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, 2011
novels
830 Ages 8-12.
189 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
9781416949312, 1416949313
700951300
Includes reading group guide