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Same Sun Here is a story told through letters between unlikely kindred spirits—an Indian girl who has emigrated to New York City and a coal miner's son from Kentucky. Encourage students' engagement with the text and thoughtful reflection with these discussion questions for the epistolary novel.

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Same Sun Here
Same Sun Here
By Author: Silas House and Neela Vaswani
Illustrator: Hilary Schenker
Pen pals 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. With honesty and humor, Meena and River bridge the miles between them, creating a friendship that inspires bravery and defeats cultural misconceptions.
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