Summary of Martin Ganda & Caitlin Alifirenka's I Will Always Write Back

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#1 I was a typical American girl, interested in what I should wear to school rather than what I might learn there. I had no idea how much my life would change when I became a pen pal with a girl in Zimbabwe.

#2 I was excited about my pen pal assignment. I was the only person who had picked a country in Africa. I was excited to learn about somewhere radically different.

#3 I was always excited to come home and tell my mom about my pen pal. She knew all of our neighbors, and I would often find her sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.

#4 I learned that Zimbabwe was liberated from the United Kingdom in 1980. I was beginning to see parallels between the Africans and American colonists: they wanted to be free from British rule.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822519664

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Insights on Martin Ganda & Caitlin Alifirenka's I Will Always Write Back

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was a typical American girl, interested in what I should wear to school rather than what I might learn there. I had no idea how much my life would change when I became a pen pal with a girl in Zimbabwe.

#2

I was excited about my pen pal assignment. I was the only person who had picked a country in Africa. I was excited to learn about somewhere radically different.

#3

I was always excited to come home and tell my mom about my pen pal. She knew all of our neighbors, and I would often find her sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper.

#4

I learned that Zimbabwe was liberated from the United Kingdom in 1980. I was beginning to see parallels between the Africans and American colonists: they wanted to be free from British rule.

#5

I wrote to the girl halfway across the world. I told her that I liked the Spice Girls and the Backstreet Boys, and that my favorite color was pink. I did not mention that I had started taking stats for my field hockey team because it hurt my back to bend over the stick all the time.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I loved America. I thought it was the land of Coca-Cola and the WWF, World Wrestling Federation. I wanted to know what kids my age were like in this faraway country.

#2

I was in the front row of my class every semester, and I always got to sit next to the teacher. I loved learning English, and when I got a letter from America, I was thrilled.

#3

My mother grew up in a rural village near the Chimanimani Mountains.