EXTRA CREDIT by Andrew Clements

Abby Carson loves spending time outside and doing things she enjoys. The only bad this about her is that she’s failing sixth grade! So her teacher suggests doing and extra credit project to get her grades up! Now Abby has to write letters to another girl whose name is Amira on the other side of the world in Afghanistan. Will Abby get enough extra credit to boost up to the next grade? Or will she have to repeat the sixth grade again?   
 My favorite part is when Abby is outside after school, because she loves being outside in the woods. But her Dad calls for her to come home. She haggles with him until she gets thirty minutes of free time, but eight minutes later she comes home. This makes me proud of her since she loves to spend time outside, but she takes responsibility to come home and do her homework.   
 I would recommend this book to boys and girls ages 9-13
RATING: ****