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297 pages : illustrations
Summary: Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City s Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner s son. As Meena's family studies for citizenship exams and River's town faces devastating mountaintop removal, their friendship - transacted entirely in letters - opens their lives to the experiences of others under the same sun. (From cover)