Extra Credit Clements AndrewPaperback
Extra Credit Clements AndrewPaperback It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade--unless she meets some specific conditions, including…
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Extra Credit Clements AndrewPaperback
It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade--unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra credit project: find a pen pal in a distant country. She just doesn't like doing it.
The elders agree that any letters going back to America must be written well, but the only qualified English-speaking student is a boy. But when Abby's first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, complications arise. And in this village, it's not proper for a boy to correspond with a girl.
So, Sadeed's sister will dictate and sign the letters for him. But what about the villagers who believe that girls should not be anywhere near a school? And what about those who believe that any contact with Americans is...unhealthy?As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of