{"product_id":"extra-credit-9781416949312","title":"Extra Credit","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Clements\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MixIG\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MixIG\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Children Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: School \u0026amp; Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn't that Abby Carson can't do her schoolwork. She just doesn't like doing it. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade--unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra credit project: find a pen pal in a distant country. But when Abby's first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, complications arise. The elders agree that any letters going back to America must be written well, but the only qualified English-speaking student is a boy. And in this village, it's not proper for a boy to correspond with a girl. So, Sadeed's sister will dictate and sign the letters for him. But what about the villagers who believe that girls should not be anywhere near a school? And what about those who believe that any contact with Americans is...unhealthy? As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of central Asia, across cultural and religious divides, through the minefields of different lifestyles and traditions--a small group of children begin to speak and listen to each other. And in just a few short weeks, they make important discoveries about their communities, about their world, and most of all, about themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083629748375,"sku":"9781416949312","price":638.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781416949312.webp?v=1769201279","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/extra-credit-9781416949312","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}