Blank Disks

 By Morgan Heintz, Grade 7, Weston Middle School, MA
Memories of a brother away in college.
Genre  Personal Narrative   Topic  Brothers, Departures, Siblings, College, Family

The narrator recalls her brother's late-night paper-writing sessions in high school and how she used to bake him cookies. He went away to college and she misses him.

ID 29421   Published in Merlyn's Pen Volume 8, Issue 1  
Reading Level 6-12   Selected as an Editor's Choice

A good writing model for:

Personal Narrative

Also appears in these Merlyn's Pen publications:

Short Takes: Brief Personal Narratives and Other Works; Getting There: Seventh Grade Writers on Life, School, and the Universe

Has been reprinted and/or translated in these countries:

Austria, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan

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