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Extra Credit (Paperback, Reprint ed.)
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Extra Credit (Paperback, Reprint ed.)
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List price R205
Loot Price R194
Discovery Miles 1 940
You Save R11 (5%)
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It isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork. She just doesn't
"like" doing it. 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.
But when Abby's first letter arrives at a small school in
Afghanistan, complications arise. The elders agree that any letters
going back to America must be written well, but the only qualified
English-speaking student is a boy. 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 central Asia, across cultural and religious
divides, through the minefields of different lifestyles and
traditions--a small group of children begin to speak and listen to
each other. And in just a few short weeks, they make important
discoveries about their communities, about their world, and most of
all, about themselves.
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