Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is classified as a novel for children, but I think many adults would enjoy it as well. Ivy June lives in Thunder Creek, Kentucky, where phone lines don't go to every home and some people do not have indoor bathrooms. Catherine lives in Lexington with the same amount of bathrooms as people in her home, plus her own cell phone. Both girls sign up for a two week exchange program. So Ivy June is off to the city to live with Catherine for two weeks, attending school with her friend. Later, Catherine goes to spend two weeks with Ivy June in the mountains of Kentucky. Life seems different in each place, but by the end of the story the two girls realize how much their are alike despite the outward differences. This would be a good book to read aloud to sixth or seventh grade students. It could lead to some good discussions.
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