The true story of the all-American girl and a boy from an impoverished city in Zimbabwe and the notice that changed both of their lives forever.

It started as an task. Everyone in Caitlin’s class wrote for an unidentified student somewhere in a distant place. The rest of the kids picked countries like France or Germany, however when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe writer over the plank, it sounded just like the most exotic place she got ever heard of–so she select it.

Martin was lucky to even receive a pen pal letter. There have been only ten words, and forty children in his class. But he was the top student, therefore he got the first one.

That notice was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives.

In this convincing dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became close friends –and better people–through words. Their tale will inspire readers to appear beyond their personal lives and question about the globe at large and their put in place it.