Extra Credit

Extra Credit

It isnâ€™t that Abby Carson canâ€™t do her schoolwork. She just doesnâ€™t like doing it. And in February a warning letter arrives at her home. Abby will have to repeat sixth gradeâ€”unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra-credit project to find a pen pal in a distant country. Seems simple enough. But when Abbyâ€™s first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, the village elders agree that any letters going back to America must be written well. In English. And the only qualified student is a boy, Sadeed Bayat. Except in this village, it is not proper for a boy to correspond with a girl. So Sadeedâ€™s younger sister will write the letters. Except she knows hardly any English. So Sadeed must write the letters. For his sister to sign. 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? Not so simple. But as letters flow back and forthâ€”between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of central Asia, across cultural and religious divides, through the minefields of different lifestyles and traditionsâ€”a small group of children begin to speak and listen to one another. And in just a few short weeks, they make important discoveries about their communities, about their world, and most of all, about themselves.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-03-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-03-13
Format	Kindle eBook

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