I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Caitlin Alifirenka
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Description for I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Paperback. The inspiring story of a 12-year-old American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe who change each other's lives when her letter for her class's pen-pal project finds its way to him. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 1KBB; BG; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten, and forty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends--and better people--through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire readers to look beyond their own ... Read more
It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten, and forty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends--and better people--through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire readers to look beyond their own ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316241335
SKU
V9780316241335
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About Caitlin Alifirenka
Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda met as pen pals in 1997 and are still best friends today. Caitlin, an ER nurse, lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and young daughters. Martin currently lives in New York. He has dual degrees in mathematics and economics from Villanova University and an MBA in finance from Duke University. Liz ... Read more
Reviews for I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
Caitlin and Martin seemed to have nothing in common
except a curiosity about the world outside their own and a willingness to reach out to each other. With a lot of postage and a lot more hope, these two pen pals changed each other's lives and the lives of everyone who knew them. An inspiring story that will change your life, ... Read more
except a curiosity about the world outside their own and a willingness to reach out to each other. With a lot of postage and a lot more hope, these two pen pals changed each other's lives and the lives of everyone who knew them. An inspiring story that will change your life, ... Read more