Gran, You've Got Mail! — Jo Hoestlandt

ANNABELLE'S FATHER WANTS her to master her computer keyboard. Annabelle thinks the chore will be more tolerable if she writes letters to someone. She chooses Gran, her great-grandmother. Of course, Gran is most definitely not online, so Annabelle prints and mails her letters off. At first, Gran takes her time answering -- and she's in the habit of repeating herself -- but soon the two are keeping up a steady correspondence. Letter by letter, a true, tender friendship evolves. Annabelle and Gran talk about everything: parents, movies, school, the past and the present. When Annabelle divulges a big secret -- the reason she and her best friend are no longer speaking -- Gran remembers a similar situation. And when Gran needs foot surgery, Annabelle begins to worry.