Extra Credit

Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Recommended for: Grades 4-6

For an extra credit project, 6th grader Abby chooses to become penpals with a student in an Afghanistan village. An 11 year old boy, Sadeed is chosen to be the penpal because his English is good. However, the town elders find out and won’t allow him to do it because Abby is a girl and in their culture this is unacceptable.  Read more…