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Gr 9 Up—This story opens with a classroom assignment: "Build an email relationship with a student from our sister school." Milla is the angry, 15-year-old daughter of a wealthy and prominent producer in L.A. She is upfront about her resentment toward her father but takes the advantages his money gives her for granted. Her assigned partner is idealistic Sim, also 15, who lives in a foster home in Australia. He likes his current foster parents and has willingly adopted their "freegan" ("we don't buy things") lifestyle, best exemplified by daily "Dumpster dives" for food. Naturally, their very different lifestyles res...Log In or Sign Up to Read More