writing classic stories practice

books:

18 reviews
Robert N. Munsch, Saoussan Askar

Annick Press, 1995

I think the book was awesome.
I think the book was enjoyable because it reminds me of when I first came to school. I didn't speak English and I had no friends. My favorite part is at the end because she starts to like her new environment. My favorite character is Saoussan because she accomplishes something at the end.

From Far Away, Volume 14 (From Far Away)

3 reviews
Kyoko Hikawa

VIZ Media LLC, 2007

Greetings From Far Away
I absolutely adore this series and the ending is just so hopeful and perfect. Izark and Noriko both grow in their love for each other and their acceptance of their role and destiny in the alternate world. Though this manga is not the most popular, it will still contain my absolute favorite heroine Noriko, who is so simply ordinary and human that you cannot help but love her. She is not a Mary ...

From Far Away, Volume 13 (From Far Away)

1 review
Kyoko Hikawa

VIZ Media LLC, 2006

Onward to the Path of Light
Volume 13 starts with Izark confronting Racheef's army and sending them away from the City of Enna-Maria. Noriko is then kidnapped and abused by Racheef who tries to force her to become his. Noriko rejects him and Racheef abuses her because he cannot stand being ignored. This is the first time in the story that Racheef reveals his motifs and what drives him to take over the world. He has a need ...

Very Far Away from Anywhere Else

19 reviews
Ursula K. Le Guin

Harcourt Paperbacks, 2004

Possibly my favorite book of all time
I first read this novella when I was in high school. I've read it several times since. It's just one I always come back to. The story speaks to everyone who has ever felt excluded or misunderstood and it speaks to the yearning in each of us to find SOMEONE who understands just a little bit. In some ways, this is a romance, but really it's a story of finding a connection in the wide world. And ...

Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir

11 reviews
Natalie Goldberg

Free Press, 2008

"What you fear, if you turn toward it, will give your writing teeth"
This morning at 4:30 I turned on the light to read a few more pages of Old Friend From Far Away. I skipped toward the end and read about how at a celebration for the twentieth anniversary of Natalie's first book, a woman who took her writing class when she was a young student at an alternative school, stood up to speak. The woman told her story of how one Monday Natalie brought in a bushel of ...

From Far Away, Volume 12 (From Far Away)

16 reviews
Kyoko Hikawa

VIZ Media LLC, 2006

Great artwork!
This is one of my favorite manga. I love the artwork. It's beautiful! The storyline is a fantasy with a little romance thrown in. The lead female character is helpless alot so that kind of bugs me but then sometimes, very seldom, she is fearless. The lead male character is cool! A great read! This manga is 14 volumes. The end is almost here, I can't wait to see how it finishes up.

Old Friend from Far Away: How to Write a Memoir

4 reviews
Natalie Goldberg

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2002

And she does feel like an old friend...
It's easy to get hooked on Natalie Goldberg and it's not always easy to say why. In her Long Island accent -- not much changed by living in Minnesota and New Mexico -- she delivers wry commentary on writing much as I'd imagine a zen master lecturing a favorite student. She can be tough and demanding but she clearly loves her students. And she's very open about her own life, in and out of ...

Stories From Far Away

3 reviews
Joel Ben Izzy

Traveling Storyteller, 1991

Jacob and Seth highly recommend "Stories from Far Away"
My brother and I listen to this tape a lot. It makes us laugh and it makes us think about people and things from different times and places. We learn about people and what is in their hearts. And their minds; things they tell other people and to their children. Lots of my friends know these stories and if they don't, I can tell them about them. We love the fools of Chelm. We like to give ...