Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani

What would life be like for an immigrant from India living in a rent-controlled apartment in busy New York City? Or living in a small Appalachian town with your mother and grandmother while your father has a job far away? These two middle school student's lives seem so different and yet as you read their letters to each other they have a lot in common. I was so absorbed reading about their days, their thoughts and experiences, that I forgot these two pen-pals were characters in a book. (Oops, I shouldn't have told you.) Enjoy learning about Mamaw and Meena's neighbor Mrs. Lau, too. This book is full of interesting news.