DEAR GRAN,

I know that you are almost ninety years old, so I won't expect a reply from you very often. That's okay, because I just want to practice typing on my new computer.

Annabelle

Dear Gran,

Why haven't you answered my first letter?

Gran, You've Got Mail! by Jo Hoestlandt is a delightfully quirky little French book of letters written between Annabelle and her great-granmother. Great for reluctant readers 5th & older.

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

Tal is a teenage Israeli girl searching for reasons. She sends out a message in a bottle, only to hear from a young, angry Palestinian boy. The two exchange sporadic emails, seemingly prompted mostly by Tal, sharing their worlds and the frustration, sadness, and want for change between both sides of the border separating them. A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA by Valerie Zenatti, shows both sides of a never-ending war between two cultures over the right to live in a place that defines both their histories. Told from both characters perspectives, the story is emotional, vivid, and pertinent for any readers 6th grade and up.

MEET WALTER!

Why is it always the mice that get all the attention and not the rats? This is one of the questions that the very curious and intelligent Walter the Rat wonders about as he lives his days in an author's house full of books.

Hence develops the friendship between the rat and the author in this very unique and original story. Walter and Miss Pomeroy begin to correspond through letters and the more they write to each other the more closer they become. WALTER: THE STORY OF A RAT by BARBARA WERSBA and the illustrations by DONNA DIAMOND is one not to be missed.

For grades third and up.