I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
by Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, and Liz Welch
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 2015
Word Count 82,879
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 173540, 13 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Pen pals--Zimbabwe
- Pen pals
- Alifirenka, Caitlin
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Friendship
- Teenagers--United States--Social conditions
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
- Ganda, Martin--Correspondence
- Teenagers
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Homelessness & Poverty
- Zimbabwe
- Pen pals--United States
- United States
- Alifirenka, Caitlin--Correspondence
- Social conditions
- Ganda, Martin
- Teenagers--Zimbabwe--Social conditions
- Friendship
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- Power of Peace
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About the Authors 3
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
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