Extra Credit
By Vincent and Brock
What's it about
It's about a girl that lives in America named Abby and she's failing six grade. Then she needs too do a extra credit assignment and its to be pen pals with a girl in Afghanistan named Amira and she has a brother Sadeed. Sadeed is actually the person writing to Abby. And then Sadeed gives a letter to the mail man and its actually a letter Sadeed wrote.
Problem
The problem in the story was that Sadded could not write to Abby because of a law in Kabul Afghanistan that girls can not talk or communicate with boys. Amira is having trouble with English so she can't write to Abby so that means they broke the law.
Solution
The solution in the story was that Amira would write to Abby. The solution for when Amira could not write English So Sadeed wrote down What Amira said.
Settings
The setting starts in America at Abby's school when she finds out she is failing sixth grade. Then she gets the extra credit assignment. Then it goes to Afghanistan when Amira gets the letter from Abby asking Amira if she wants to be her pen pal.
Amira
Sorry that Amira is in black and white I had to take a picture of it out of the book now let me tell you about Amira. She is the one girl that is suppose to be writing to Abby but instead Sadeed just writes down the words Amira speaks.
Sadeed
Sadeed is Amira's brother he's helping her learn English so she can write to Abby but then Sadeed say how about you just say it and I write it. And once Sadeed was walking home from school and he had the letter from Abby and then he took a short cut. A man then grabbed his hand and the man had a bag big enough for a rifle. The man then grabbed the letter and ripped it up.
Abby
Abby is the girl that is failing sixth grade and needs to do a extra credit assignment and write to Amira. She likes to climb the rock wall in her schools gym.
Andrew Clements
Andrew Clements is the author of Extra Credit he also wrote the book frindle.