The book and letters do a wonderful and poignant job of showing the difference between the life of an upper middle class girl in the U.S. What evolved over the next eighteen years was Caitlin and her family helping Martin and his family- with Martin eventually coming to the U.S. Caitlin was assigned a pen pal during her history class as a seventh grader but, unlike others in her class that ceased to write, Caitlin kept up the writing and friendship. The book revolves around a girl from PA, Caitlin, and her pen pal, Martin, who lives in Zimbabwe. It is an excellent true story, and I hope every one of my students gets as much out of the book as I did. This was the assigned summer book for the high school where I work and is meant to be incorporated into the curriculum for the 2016-2017 school year. I Will Always Write Back, by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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