Title Extra credit [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] Andrew Clements ; illustrations by Mark Elliott.

Edition

First edition.

Publication Info.

New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2009.

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Available on OverDrive/Libby

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1458382~S1

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Playing Time	031856
System Details	Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 47649 KB).
	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note	Downloadable audio file.
	Title from: Title details screen.
	Unabridged.
Performer	Read by Gabra Zackman.
Note	Duration: 3:18:56.
Summary	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.
Awards	A Junior Library Guild selection
Audience	Ages 8-12.
Summary	It isn't that Abby Carson <I>can't</i> do her schoolwork, it's just that she doesn't <I>like</i> doing it. And that means she's pretty much failing sixth grade. When a warning letter is sent home, Abby realizes that all her slacking off could cause her to be held back -- for real! Unless she wants to repeat the sixth grade, she'll have to meet some specific conditions, including taking on an extra-credit project: find a pen pal in a foreign country ...
Subject	Letters -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Pen pals -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Families -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Families -- Illinois -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.
	Illinois -- Juvenile fiction.
	Letters -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Pen pals -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Family life -- Afghanistan -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Family life -- Illinois -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
	Afghanistan -- Fiction.
	Illinois -- Fiction.
Local Subject	REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD [2012 NOMINEE]
	BLUESTEM AWARD [2012 NOMINEE]
Genre	Audiobooks.
Added Author	Elliott, Mark, 1967- illustrator.
	Zackman, Gabra.
Other Form:	Original 1416949291 (DLC) 2008042877 (OCoLC)262737488
ISBN	9780743594745 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
	0743594746 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

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