Assignment: E-Mail, Letter, or Resume - Why Should I Use This Book? - THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION PROCESS UNPLUGGED: 1. Your Personality on Paper: You Are What You Write - THE HOW-TO MINI-GUIDES: 2. Creating Excellent E-Mail: The "E" Doesn't Stand for "Easy Way Out!" - 3. Writing Powerful Personal Letters: Snail Mail Still Works! - 4. Crafting Dynamic Business Letters: Putting Your Letters to Work - 5. Developing High-Impact Resumes: Your One-Page Autobiography...

Kaley Bluster is back! This time she's struggling with a Language Arts assignment to correspond via email with overseas "cyberpals" and looking for a nickname. As usual, the assignments provide entertainment for Mr. Serrano as he grades them.

While trying to pinpoint the root of her dissatisfaction with her life, Daisy Shoemaker begins receiving misdirected emails meant for another woman and starts living vicariously through her until she discovers that their connection was not completely accidental.

Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...

"Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night? While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction,...