SOLVED. Short Story involving kids on another planet (within our solar system). Read in grade 7, circa 2008.

[Serena]

As part of the ''hazing'' for another Goodreads group, I have been asked to a) list everything I've ever been academically assigned to read and b) reread it all, roughly chronologically according to year of assignment. Finding my memory failing, I turn to you, my trusted team of book detectives.

Grade: 7
Genre: Sci-fi short story
Plot: The story is set on another planet, definitely one within our solar system. On said planet, the sun shines for only one day every (decade?). This day is a HUGE deal for the kids because, for just one day, they are able to play outside in the sun like Earth kids do. In our story, Sunshine Day is approaching and a class of kids is getting excited about what they'll do in the sun. There is a new girl in school who is an immigrant, if you will, from Earth. As her classmates excitedly explain their plans, the immigrant tells them she grew up seeing the sun daily. The others ostracize her because they believe she is lying; a world with daily sunshine, to their knowledge, does not exist.

Assignment: I remember being assigned to write a letter of empathy to the ostracized girl, telling her I understood how she felt.

[Anshika]

By the description you have provided, I guess it's All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury.

[Serena]

Yes. Thank you.