Extra Credit is one of Andrew Clements's newest school stories, and since I've read a lot of them before, I wanted to read this one too. It's the story of a 6th grader named Abby who is given an extra credit project to help her pass 6th grade. She is given a pen pal in Afghanistan and has to correspond, writing at least 3 letters to display in the classroom. The book follows Abby as well as Sadeed in Afghanistan in their unique pen pal assignment.
This was a cute book. I think it'd be a great book for kids to learn a little more about another culture as well as to see evidence of intolerance in both America and Afghanistan. The story was fun, and as always with Andrew Clements's books, it just told a story of what might really happen with kids in school nowadays.
Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)
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