Andrea Morningstar tells the story of a ten-year-old girl from small town Michigan named Sarah York, and how she became pen pals with a man who was considered an enemy of the United States, a dictator, a drug trafficker, and a murderer: Manuel Noriega. (41 minutes)
Sarah plays music in two bands: The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers and Hello, Heartache.
Song:
“Panamania” by from the film <em>Swing High, Swing Low</em>
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