letters

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letters

I wanna iguana

Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.

Regarding the fountain

a tale, in letters, of liars and leaks
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.

Clementine's letter

When her favorite teacher, who is the only one who understands her, goes on sabbatical to Egypt, Clementine concocts a clever scheme to get him back, which leads to disaster.

Message in a bottle

Divorc?e Theresa Osborne, on a vacation at the seaside, finds a love message in a bottle and becomes obsessed with learning the story behind the note.

Letters from camp

Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.

Bravo, Max!

As he turns eleven years old, Max, an English boy, exchanges letters with his favorite author, from whom he receives some advice about writing a play and about coping with his mother's new boyfriend.

First year letters

The children in Mrs. Sarah Jane Hartwell's class write letters to her.

Swing

Noah, who is white, and his best friend Walt, who is black, are determined to woo the girls of their dreams and become star athletes despite being cut from the baseball team and Sam, Noah's dream girl, having him firmly in the friend zone. When Noah finds a stash of old love letters that have the words that he's always wanted to say to Sam, he starts making artwork using lines from the letters. When his art becomes public, and hidden prejudices in the town build to a climax, Noah and Walt have to decide what love, friendship, sacrifice, and the truth mean to them.
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We'll fly away

2019
"Toby and Luke are best friends, bound by a goal of leaving their hometown for Luke's wrestling scholarship, but a series of events during their senior year will test their resolve"--Provided by publisher.
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Resurrection Girls

2019
Drawn out of her grief by new neighbors, the Hallas women, sixteen-year-old Olivia Foster perceives a darkness surrounding them that goes beyond Kara Hallas's habit of writing to men on death row.
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