Lowji Discovers America
By Candace Fleming
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 9780689862991, 160pp.)
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback
Categories: Humorous Stories, Social Issues - Emigration & Immigration
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Dear Jamshed,
America is not so different from what we thought. I told you I wouldn't see a single cowboy riding across the plain, and I haven't.
I have not even seen a plain.
Still, there are some silver linings. They are:
- Trapper and King, the cat and dog who live in the apartment building. They are cuddly and waggy. I am not allowed to play with them, though, becayse they are supposed to catch mice and keep burglars away.
- Ironman. He owns a pig and talks to me a lot. But he is a grown-up.
- Kids. I can hear them playing outside. Too bad they do not want to play with me.
I wish you were here.
Do you wish I was in India?
Write back soon.
Your friend,
Lowji
Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including Ben Franklin's Almanac, an ALA Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well as Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, Gabriella's Song, and When Agnes Caws, all ALA Notable Books. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.
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