" I Will Always Write Back".

The book I currently finished is "I Will Always Write Back", by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda. This book is about a girl named Caitlin from Pennsylvania who gets in touch with a boy name Martin from Zimbabwe. The writing all started when Caitlin had to send a "Pen-Pal" letter to someone from a different country. She out of everybody in her class chose to write to a child in Africa. Compared to Martin, Caitlin was really rich. Martin's dad had lost his job and Martin wasn't able to get the supplies he needed to write Caitlin back. He even had to write to her on a ice cream wrapper. Caitlin lived in a huge house with lots of cars , and her parents had good enough jobs to buy whatever she wanted and needed. Martin's family was really poor. Martin and his family had to share 1 bedroom along with other people he didn't know.  He even had to use the same toothbrush for 7 years. Him and his family all shared the same clothes, because there wasn't enough money to provide for everyone. His mother got pregnant with his older brother when she was only 14, and his father being 24. Martin was the smartest child out of the whole nation, and he also had scored the highest out of everyone in his school. Caitlin and Martin started getting really close throughout the years. She even started calling him her brother from another mother. Her "friends" weren't that supportive and I can really relate to that. She started sending him currencies that converted to big money in Zimbabwe. Caitlin even started to send Martin and his boxes of large gifts. She sent them designer clothes like Nike, Fila, and more. They were really appreciative of what she was doing. Martin was really interested in going to college in the U.S. Caitlin and her parents helped Martin apply to schools trying to get full scholarships. He ended up getting a full scholarship to Villanova and studying at Duke University as well. Caitlin's family was really helpful helping Martin and his friends. Martin and Caitlin were writing letters back and forth to each other from 1997-2003. Did they ever end up meeting? I don't really want to go into all the details, so the best way you can find out about everything they went through...is to read the book yourself.