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As pen pals for a high school English assignment, poetry-loving sophomore Jonathan and popular-athlete senior Adam explore their growing relationship through a series of letters.

"Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed"--

Some of the kids at Stoneybrook Elementary have pen pals at a school in New Mexico. When word comes that the school in New Mexico has burned down, Dawn decides to organize a fund-raiser for the fire victims, and reward generous givers with a gigantic sleepover.

Arthur views his little sister in a different light after receiving a revealing letter from his pen pal.

A twelve-year-old Indian immigrant in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son become pen pals, and eventually best friends, through a series of revealing letters exploring such topics as environmental activism, immigration, and racism.

Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.

The young son of a Chilean farmer writes a note asking for a "faraway friend," and places it in a box of grapes bound for the United States.

When Nancy and her accident-prone pen pal Ally meet for the first time, the unlikely duo discover that they are more like sisters than just good friends.

Harry wants to send his pen pal a picture of himself, but his photographed smile looks so unattractive he decides to stop being pen pals rather than send the picture and vows he'll never smile again.

Lily and her grandpa are good pen pals, so when he dies and leaves behind a rice paper scroll he was painting for her, Lily finishes the scroll with help from her mother.