A Walk around Romadomes
by Adrian Murat
From the original 2014 collection p. 7A BOOK OF FIRST STORIES · SOFIA, 2014
Let’s Write.
Sixty stories. Sixty chances to be heard. Read the first English-language stories published by students at Drujba High School in Sofia.
Student authors · Book edited by Osman Bedel
BEHIND THE STORIES
From reading circles
to student authors.
During their first year learning English as a foreign language, teenage students at Drujba High School read simplified stories and discussed them in literature circles. They then wrote their own stories for this 2014 collection.
The reading circles connect this book to Osman Bedel’s earlier MA research on literature circles in EFL. The research explored interaction and collaborative learning through shared reading; Let’s Write shows a later classroom project in which students’ writing reached readers through a book. The collection is a publishing project, not a second research study.
Bedel, the students’ English teacher and the book’s editor, wrote that he kept his changes largely to spelling and punctuation so their individual voices remained. The stories on this site are shown as images of the original book pages.
Project details: Osman Bedel’s introduction in the 2014 book, printed pp. 5–6.
THE STORY SHELF
Choose a story.
Browse all 60 stories in the book’s original order. Select one to read its original pages here.
60 STORIES
Showing 60 stories
The Unexpected Enemy
by Ali Marekov
From the original 2014 collection p. 9The Friends
by Aliosman Karamolla
From the original 2014 collection p. 11Howeh
by Alperen Ali
From the original 2014 collection p. 12True Love
by Anita Teofilova
From the original 2014 collection p. 14The Last Hope
by Antoniya Dikova
From the original 2014 collection p. 18A Big Dream
by Berkan Rasimov
From the original 2014 collection p. 21The End of the Game
by Gulshen Mustafa
From the original 2014 collection p. 24My First Teacher
by Ibrahim Sinan
From the original 2014 collection p. 26Betrayal
by Yozlem Izet
From the original 2014 collection p. 29Detective Harrison
by Liana Georgieva
From the original 2014 collection p. 31Don’t You Dare to Die
by Margarita Vasilovska
From the original 2014 collection p. 36Youth Experiences
by Margarita Vasilovska
From the original 2014 collection p. 38The Strange Angel
by Redzhep Bozov
From the original 2014 collection p. 41Haunted House
by Salih Abdurahman
From the original 2014 collection p. 43A Puzzled Hang
by Sumaya Halid
From the original 2014 collection p. 44The Lost Valentine
by Fatime Shaigova
From the original 2014 collection p. 46Skinny Love
by Tzveti Zlateva
From the original 2014 collection p. 49The Mystery House
by Melani Dimitrova
From the original 2014 collection p. 51The Best Way
by Qiyuan Zhang
From the original 2014 collection p. 53The Doll
by Omar Hussein
From the original 2014 collection p. 55The Bread
by Abdullah Osmanov
From the original 2014 collection p. 57Find a Way
by Ailin Talipova
From the original 2014 collection p. 59The Black Horse and Ella’s Family
by Airet Terbesheva
From the original 2014 collection p. 60The Mystery
by Candan Arslan
From the original 2014 collection p. 62Boy Saving the World
by Jordan Todorov
From the original 2014 collection p. 64The Lawyer
by Medzhide Kemal
From the original 2014 collection p. 66The Hook
by Muhammed Mehmed
From the original 2014 collection p. 67If I was There
by Nevse Ulanova
From the original 2014 collection p. 68The Soldiers against Hitler
by Nikola Khalil
From the original 2014 collection p. 72The Pianist
by Nurgul Irfan
From the original 2014 collection p. 74The Incident
by Sava Milev
From the original 2014 collection p. 78To be Brave
by Safet Pingov
From the original 2014 collection p. 81The Murderer
by Selen Dogru
From the original 2014 collection p. 82The Impossible Love
by Sinem Aliosman
From the original 2014 collection p. 84The Foundation
by Stanislav Kolarov
From the original 2014 collection p. 85Envy is a Killer
by Theodora Sharkova
From the original 2014 collection p. 87Sick Girl
by Fatime Kolashova
From the original 2014 collection p. 89To Become a Merman
by Hulia Mustafa
From the original 2014 collection p. 91The War
by Shadi Hadjiiski
From the original 2014 collection p. 94Ela
by Ailin Stamboli
From the original 2014 collection p. 96Emmy’s Love
by Aishe Misankova
From the original 2014 collection p. 98Unlucky Luke
by Alex Kichikov
From the original 2014 collection p. 101Juhan’s Story
by Ali Topcuoglu
From the original 2014 collection p. 103Jane’s Story
by Alie Kurtova
From the original 2014 collection p. 105Rambo III
by Batuhan Halil
From the original 2014 collection p. 107Love
by Betina Dermendzhieva
From the original 2014 collection p. 108The Choice
by Betina Dermendzhieva
From the original 2014 collection p. 111A Walk around Sofia and More...
by Vasil Peshterski
From the original 2014 collection p. 114A Boy’s Dream
by Vladimir Glavchev
From the original 2014 collection p. 116Football Story
by Murad Adem
From the original 2014 collection p. 118The Love
by Nevin Semerdzieva
From the original 2014 collection p. 120The Immorality
by Nikol Voinova
From the original 2014 collection p. 122Vampire Love
by Pamela Tsenkova
From the original 2014 collection p. 124Teenage Years
by Selvie Sadakova
From the original 2014 collection p. 126The Misunderstanding
by Stanislav Ferdov
From the original 2014 collection p. 132The Magic Book
by Fatme Gavaz
From the original 2014 collection p. 135Teenage Mind
by Fatme Pehlivan
From the original 2014 collection p. 137Jane’s Misfortune
by Fatme Suleyman
From the original 2014 collection p. 140Curti’s Story
by Levent Basfırıncı
From the original 2014 collection p. 142No stories match that search.
THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Keep the whole collection.
All 60 stories, student bylines, illustrations, and Osman Bedel’s introduction in the complete 2014 book.
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