I want to know if this is a good beginning paragraph for an essay.

This is what it said on the paper.

Paragraph 1: Introduce the book title and author; write a short synopsis of the plot

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives is an astonishing true tale of friendship. This inspiring story is how Caitlin Alifrienka & Martian Ganda team up with Liz Welch to write about their true story that all began with a letter. This memoir starts off with a young average girl living in the states writing a letter to her pen pal who is a talented boy from Zimbabwe. They both kept a promise, to always write back. This was more than writing letters, this was changing lives thousands of miles apart through pencil and paper, a connection lasting over six years.