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"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. All she wants...
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"While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Every once in a while, she would write about one these people. She would then put it in a drawer. "For the future," she would say. The future is now. Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent (which readers will recognize from Minding Frankie)...
6) Extra credit
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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Sixteen-year-old Simon Spier quietly enjoys flirtatious emails between himself and a guy calling himself "Blue," hoping it will lead to a relationship. However, the emails fall into the wrong hands and Simon is blackmailed. Now Simon must explore his feelings and decide if being outed to the rest of the high school is such a bad thing.
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Ashbury/Brookfield books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.
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2019.
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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 mother of 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...
12) Dear Whiskers
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2000.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Jenny is discouraged when her second grade penpal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends.
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Bridgerton series volume 5
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"Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn’t. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . and more. Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn’t marry a man...
14) Same sun here
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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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.
15) Karen's pen pal
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 25
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Karen thinks having a pen pal in New York City is very cool. But when her pal Maxie turns out to be a big bragger, Karen starts to make up stories.
16) Letters to God
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[2010]
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Eight-year-old Tyler is armed with strong faith and courage as he faces a battle against cancer. His prayers take the form of letters he sends to his ultimate pen pal, God, on a daily basis. These letters find their way into the hands of Tyler's postman, Brady, who is at a crossroads in his life, and is searching for meaning. Brady is at first is confused over what to do, but his decision ultimately is a testament to the power of Tyler's shining spirit,...
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The Precinct volume 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Master Sergeant Harry Lockhart must protect his pen pal, teacher Daisy Gunderson, from a stalker known as Secret Santa.
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[2016]
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This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal....
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 44
Pub. Date
1996, c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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When a group of children learns that fire destroyed their pen pals' school, thirteen-year-old Dawn organizes a fundraiser and then rewards the contributors with a sleepover.