Arin and Rakesh are best friends split up by a big move, but writing letters makes the distance between them feel a little shorter.

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In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the welded sounds all, am, an, ang, ing, ank, ink, ong, onk, ung, and unk. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.

Manju Bal Krishna is a writer from India who does content reviewing and content development for school students in English language and literature, value education, and social sciences. She also writes stories, plays, and poems for her students and herself. Many of these have been well-appreciated in literary journals. Other interests are gardening, cooking, and keeping her home beautiful and clean.