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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 lives and wonder about the world at large and their place in it.
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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Ref
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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 Welch is an award-winning journalist and memoirist whose critically acclaimed first book, The Kids Are All Right, co-authored with her sister Diana Welch, won an ALA Alex Award. Her stories have appeared in the New York Times, Parade, Life, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Glamour, Real Simple, Self, Marie Claire, and other publications.
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, too.
Patricia McCormick, author of the National Book Award finalist Sold This compelling story of an unlikely friendship across continents will quiet your inner skeptic and inspire you to take a chance. Moving and uplifting.
Award-winning author and journalist Peter Godwin This heart-warming memoir will inspire readers to open their eyes to other cultures and realize that even the smallest of gestures can be important.
School Library Connection An inspirational story...eye-opening.
The Bulletin A well-written, accessible story that will open Western adolescents' eyes to life in developing countries. Told in the first person, with chapters alternating between Caitlin's and Martin's points of view, this title effectively conveys both of these young people's perspectives...a strong and inspiring story...and an eye-opening look at life in another culture.
SLJ The remarkable tenacity of these two souls pulled like magnets across the world by their opposite polarities - one committed to helping, the other to surviving - is deeply affecting...It's quite a little miracle of unexpected genuineness.
New York Times Book Review Praise for I Will Always Write Back An Indiebound Bestseller An Amazon Big Spring Book Selection 2015
Sensitively and candidly demonstrating how small actions can result in enormous change, this memoir of two families' transformation through the commitment and affection of long-distance friends will humble and inspire.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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, too.
Patricia McCormick, author of the National Book Award finalist Sold This compelling story of an unlikely friendship across continents will quiet your inner skeptic and inspire you to take a chance. Moving and uplifting.
Award-winning author and journalist Peter Godwin This heart-warming memoir will inspire readers to open their eyes to other cultures and realize that even the smallest of gestures can be important.
School Library Connection An inspirational story...eye-opening.
The Bulletin A well-written, accessible story that will open Western adolescents' eyes to life in developing countries. Told in the first person, with chapters alternating between Caitlin's and Martin's points of view, this title effectively conveys both of these young people's perspectives...a strong and inspiring story...and an eye-opening look at life in another culture.
SLJ The remarkable tenacity of these two souls pulled like magnets across the world by their opposite polarities - one committed to helping, the other to surviving - is deeply affecting...It's quite a little miracle of unexpected genuineness.
New York Times Book Review Praise for I Will Always Write Back An Indiebound Bestseller An Amazon Big Spring Book Selection 2015
Sensitively and candidly demonstrating how small actions can result in enormous change, this memoir of two families' transformation through the commitment and affection of long-distance friends will humble and inspire.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)