Dear Blue Sky by Sullivan, Mary 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2012)

BTSB #: 863586 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.4 MG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Siblings - Fiction Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Fiction War - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Down syndrome - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Shortly after Cass's big brother is deployed to fight in Iraq, Cass becomes pen pals with an Iraqi girl who opens up her eyes to the effects of war.

Dear dragon by Funk, Josh 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2016)

BTSB #: 361551 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 560 AD F&P: L

Genres:

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Letters - Fiction Dragons - Fiction

Summary: As a school project, George and Blaise become pen pals, writing rhyming letters about their favorite things to do, unaware that one is human and the other a dragon.

Get a grip, Vivy Cohen! by Kapit, Sarah 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 507098 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG Lexile: 650

Genres: Sports Family Life

Subjects: Baseball - Fiction Autism - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Letters - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League Baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.

Pen pal [Tony Baloney]by Ryan, Pam Munoz 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 773712 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 520 AD

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Macaroni penguins - Fiction Penguins - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction School stories Letters - Fiction

Summary: Tony Baloney is excited. It's Pen Pal Month at school. Tony hopes he and his new pen pal Sam will become friends for life. It looks promising. The two have a lot in common: Sam rides a scooter, plays baseball, is a middle-child, and has a stuffed animal buddy, just like Tony! But when Sam's class comes to visit, Tony gets a big surprise: Sam is a girl! Can Tony be friends for life with a GIRL?

Pen pals by Pichard, Alexandra 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2017)

BTSB #: 716459 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
RC: 2.4 K-2 Lexile: 610 AD

Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Pen pals - Fiction Octopuses - Fiction Ants - Fiction

Summary: Bill, an octopus, and Oscar, an ant are paired up for a school project and write letters back and forth to learn about each other's lives.

Same sun here by House, Silas 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2012)

BTSB #: P01761 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-11   


Genres:

Subjects: Pen pals - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Letters - Fiction

Summary: 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.

Secrets of the circus [Three-ring rascals Volume: bk. 2]by Klise, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Algonquin Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 524646 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 3.9 LG

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Circus - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction

Summary: The animals of Sir Sidney's Circus enter a contest at the Iowa State Fair in hopes of winning a $5,000 prize that could save Farmer Farley's farm and his prize pig, Pablo.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2015)

BTSB #: 047759 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-17   
AR: 4.4 UG RC: 4.7 9-12 Lexile: 640 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gays - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2016)

BTSB #: 047761 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-17   
AR: 4.4 UG RC: 4.7 9-12 Lexile: 640 HL

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gays - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: 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.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Albertalli, Becky 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P02844 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Secrets - Fiction Gay teenagers - Fiction Extortion - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out-without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

This light between us : a novel of World War II by Fukuda, Andrew Xia 

Paperback(Tor Teen, 2020)

BTSB #: 361462 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5 MG+ Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: United States.|bArmy.|bRegimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Jews - France - Paris - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction

Summary: In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Levy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.

This light between us : a novel of World War II by Fukuda, Andrew Xia 

BTSB Prebound(Tor Teen, 2020)

BTSB #: 361464 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   
AR: 5 MG+ Lexile: 690

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: United States.|bArmy.|bRegimental Combat Team, 442nd - Fiction Pen pals - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 - Fiction Jews - France - Paris - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction

Summary: In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie Levy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army.