Extra Credit by Andrew Clements

Who doesn't love Andrew Clements' books?!?  A number of his books have been nominated for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award in the past and he has won twice before: Frindle in 1999 for Division I and Things Not Seen in 2007 for Division II.

Extra Credit is one of his school stories with a global aspect.  Abby is a 6th grader in serious need of extra credit, so she chooses a pen pal project.  Because of her love of mountain climbing, Abby wants a pen pal in Afghanistan, but when her first letter arrives in the mountain village there is only one student that knows enough English to read and respond, and he is a boy.  Sadeed participates in the correspondence with Abby, but in his village boys and girls are not supposed to write to each other, so no one can know...including Abby.

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