This pamphlet describes a year-long project that began with the idea of inviting eighth graders to study the thoughts of second graders as shared during literature discussions. It then evolved into a more elaborate project bolstered by the students' enthusiasm and interest in each other. The pamphlet describes the students, establishment of the student partnerships, the writing and exchange of autobiographies, three videotaped literature discussions in the second-grade classroom, and the culminating literacy event for the partners--getting together to read the books the eighth graders had written for the second graders. The pamphlet also discusses suggestions for improving future literacy partnerships. The pamphlet concludes that: (1) the exchange of autobiographies supported students' self-expression; (2) the exchange of letters about storybook discussions supported students' processes of discovering and generating meaning and sharing that meaning with others; (3) the eighth graders gained a sense of competence as literate persons by authoring the books for the second graders; and (4) the contribution of ideas by students that further developed the literacy partnerships promoted their sense of self-determination. Contains 11 references. (RS)