![]() ![]() But the second time, Mandy learns that the school office has no such person as Tracey in their records. The first time Tracey explains it away by telling Mandy that she is quiet and not many people at school know her. ![]() ![]() Twice Mandy tries to have a message hand-delivered by a foreign exchange student, who is attending a meeting at Tracey's Prescott High, but these attempts fail. Questions arise for Mandy as she notes that Tracey has written different versions of her parents' life. So letters in my life are like sunflowers in Alaska.' Thus begins a journey for two girls who learn about each other through letters as they form a confiding, long-distance friendship. My grandmother writes occasionally, and a girl called Jacinta who I met at a writers' camp. How come you have a post-office box?' Tracey writes: ' It was quite exciting, getting your letter. It's not like I'm into pen pals, but it's a boring Sunday here. Mandy's first letter to Tracey begins: ' I don't know why I'm answering your ad, to be honest. ![]() Mandy of Acacia Park responds, beginning a daunting and haunting relationship. Tracey from Prescott placed an ad in a magazine, inviting interested parties to write to her. John Marsden tells the story of two teenage girls uniquely through their communication via postal mail. ![]()
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