After a string of incredibly good luck, Molly decides that she has developed magical powers, but when she finds out that her pen pal Olive has had an equally surprising run of minor disasters Molly starts to wonder if her magical good luck is somehow responsible for her friend's problems.
Brought together as pen pals by a school assignment, Sophie and Katie, eleven-year-olds living on opposite sides of the country, find comfort in their growing relationship when problems at home and at school disrupt their lives.
Will's class is researching countries, and each student gets a pen pal from another country. Will's pen pal writes from Morocco about what makes his country special. With the help of his mom, Will writes back and learns more about the United States, all while making a new friend.
In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.
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.
The animals of Sir Sidney's Circus enter a contest at the Iowa State Fair in hopes of winning a $5,000 prize that could save Farmer Farley's farm and his prize pig, Pablo.
In 1997, Caitlin, an American, and Martin, a Zimbabwean, became pen pals through school. In 2003 - years after they had become best friends - Caitlin and Martin finally met.
Chronicles the friendship between an American girl and her pen pal from Zimbabwe, discussing how a class assignment was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.
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.
As a school project, George and Blaise become pen pals, writing rhyming letters about their favorite things to do, unaware that one is human and the other a dragon.
