Dear Molly Dear Olive Molly and Olive are best friends best friends who’ve never met Two years ago in second grade they signed up for a cross-country Pen Pal Club Their friendship was instant Molly and Olive send each other letters and
email They send postcards notes and little gifts too Molly lives in New York City with her mom and younger brother Olive lives on a farm near Sergeant Bluff Iowa with her parents The girls lives are very different from one another But Molly and Olive understand each other better than anyone
Chapter 1 Home on the Farm Olive Dear Molly Hi How are you I made this for you in 4 H It's a picture of my farm With seeds In 4 H we do a lot of different things with nature so I wanted to make you a nature picture Do you have parks in New York City Have you ever been on a farm I wish you were here I could show you how to milk cows or feed pigs We could gather eggs Our rooster is really mean But Mom and Dad say it's good to have him here If you ever came to visit I'd make sure he wouldn't hurt you Okay I bet you're real busy so I'll stop writing I hope you like my picture I miss you Best friends forever right
Love Olive I finished writing Molly’s address and smiled Writing New York City on the envelope made me feel special No one else in my grade had a friend in New York It sounded so fancy even though Molly was not at all fancy She’d fit right in on the farm
