- Letters, Family life in fiction, Illinois in fiction, Family life
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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Earnest, contemporary, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Andrew Clements
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 183
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416949299
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