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81) XO, Exoplanet
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
When Jupiter notices a planet circling a far star, he enlists the other planets in our solar system to send a letter, but soon there is a disagreement on which, exactly, is the exoplanet.
83) In darkling wood
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Alice goes to stay with her grandmother she discovers the magical Darkling Wood, where she meets a strange friend and discovers letters written between a brother and sister during WWI.
84) My pen pal, Pat
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pat has a pen pal who shares her name and many of the same interests, but when the two Pats meet they are both in for a big surprise.
Author
Series
Ashbury/Brookfield books volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
While her friend Missy Violet, the town midwife, is away in Florida, eleven-year-old Viney concerns herself with ailing neighbors, schoolmates, and her irrepressible cousin Charles, who feels superior because he has been to Harlem in New York City.
87) Dear Tooth Fairy
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In a series of letters, six-year-old Claire and the Tooth Fairy discuss the important matter of her first loose tooth and when it is going to fall out.
92) The quiet place
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of young immigrant Isabel, who misses her family and friends back in Mexico while decorating a large box as a place of quiet contemplation and encountering new experiences, including a first snowstorm and a kind teacher.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Astronaut Clayton Anderson lived aboard the International Space Station--and while he didn't mail letters home, imagine if he did! These letters are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space. Backmatter includes even more information on space, astronauts, and living among the stars"--
94) I wanna go home
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Through a series of letters, Alex tries to convince his parents that he should not be staying with his grandparents while they are away, but slowly comes to realize that he can have fun, even at Happy Hills Retirement Community.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Each day, the old mailman faithfully delivers special letters to the forest animals. But the mailman has never received any letters of his own. Then one day everything changes..."--page [4] of cover.
96) Secret letters
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Dora travels to London to meet Sherlock Holmes, who might be her biological father, and ask his help for her cousin who is being blackmailed over some stolen letters, but although Holmes dies before she arrives, a handsome young detective comes to Dora's aid.
97) Love, Penelope
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Penny writes a series of letters to her future sibling, including facts about their Oakland, California, home, questions about whether their moms will ever marry, and especially that he or she is loved.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
130 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.
99) I, Lorelei
Author
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In letters to her recently deceased cat Mud, eleven-year-old Lorelei chronicles the ups and downs of her sixth-grade year, during which her parents separate, she gets a part in the school play, and she becomes friends with the cutest boy in her grade.
100) Letters from Bear
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Bear sends updates on her adventures as she travels to visit Bird, who has migrated south for the winter.
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