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Why no goodbye?

When his mother escapes Myanmar with his siblings during the Rohingya crisis, thirteen-year-old Jubair expresses anger over the abandonment and struggles to find forgiveness, in a series of letters.

Among the Odds and Evens

by Priscilla Turner
1999

The letter home

A medic sent to the front lines in the trenches of World War I writes a letter home to his young son.
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Dear Mr. Blueberry

A young girl and her teacher correspond about the whale she has discovered in her pond.
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Over my dead body

A story told mostly through letters in which busybody Dick Tater tries to ban Halloween and ghost stories, as well as to break up the popular writing team of I. B. Grumply, ghost Olive C. Spence, and eleven-year-old illustrator Seymour Hope.
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Till death do us bark

In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.
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The journey of Oliver K. Woodman

Oliver K. Woodman, a man made of wood, takes a remarkable journey across America, as told through the postcards and letters of those he meets along the way.
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Regarding the bees

a lesson, in letters, on honey, dating, and other sticky subjects
The seventh graders at Geyser Creek Middle School are preparing for a spelling bee and a horrible standardized test called the BEE, and try to smuggle their mascot--a bee that spells--into the local spelling competition.
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Misterio de los an?nimos

Five kids investigate a series of anonymous notes and lies being spread around Peterswood.
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Can I be your dog?

"A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results"--Provided by publisher.
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