letters

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

"When Poppy moves to the family farm to escape memories of her late mother, she uncovers a stack of letters from 1985 addressed to herself written by her mother, and Poppy believes she has finally discovered the best friend she has been looking for"--OCLC.

In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.

As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.

In letters throughout the year, Alexandra's grandmother describes the routines and celebrations that make up life in her little village in the mountains of Switzerland.

Includes the first two "Stink" stories. The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Seven-year-old Stink Moody, having discovered that he can get free samples by writing letters of complaint to companies, gets so caught up in his letter writing campaign that he misses his best friend's birthday, but he plans a super surprise to make up for his mistake.

After neglecting to follow the rules of a chain letter from Ireland said to grant luck, eighth grader Meghan McGlinchey begins to experience a lot of bad luck. She hopes her upcoming family trip to Ireland will be an opportunity to find the letter's original sender and reverse her bad fortune.

Katie is afraid of the bear that lives under the stairs in her house, until they exchange letters and she finally gets to meet him.

Ten-year-old Christoph, initially resentful of the new tenant in his home, soon comes to understand and appreciate the trials and music of Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven.