Harry wants to send his pen pal a picture of himself, but his photographed smile looks so unattractive he decides to stop being pen pals rather than send the picture and vows he'll never smile again.
Amy's pen pal from San Francisco, Samantha, shows up for the weekend. After Sam is introduced to a popular group of girls, she tells a lot of exciting stories. But are they true or not? Jessica decides to find out.
Readers closely examine the war that has raged in Afghanistan since 2001 learning about the people on each side and the causes and consequences of the conflict. This account stands apart from other social studies texts with its inclusion of a fictional correspondence between two girls, one in Afghanistan and one in the United States.
A change in roommates and rivalry between one girl and her stepsister create tensions for the girls in Fox Hall suite 3-D at Alma Stevens School for Girls.
When her tender little lamb begins exchanging letters with "Wolfgang," Mama Sheep becomes distinctly uncomfortable and decides to meet this mysterious stranger for herself.
Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.
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.
Young Mickey, who lives on a faraway moon, receives a distress call from his pen pal, Quiggle, whose space scooter has crashed on a nearby asteroid, and they both get a big surprise when they finally meet face to face.
Tells the story of ten-year-old Felix Maldonado, whose pen pal correspondence with an American soldier serving in Afghanistan blossoms into a powerful friendship, tracing Felix's growth as he grapples with bullies, the fear arising from his older brother's enlistment in the military, and the meaning of bravery itself.
