To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story
Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching, painting, and learning to be themselves wherever...
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Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching, painting, and learning to be themselves wherever they are.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781596435278 (1596435275)
Publish date: March 1st 2011
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Cultural,
Africa,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
China
Casey writes. Steven draws. Casey and Steven meet when they are in the fall of their junior year spending a year abroad in Morocco. Even when they return to their respective colleges for their final year in college, they continue to write and talk, and they finally decide to take a trip together aft...
Quite enjoyed this: it was fun seeing these two people abroad and I liked how enthusiastic they were about almost everything (ok, except Timbuktu). There's a lot packed in here, travel, logistics, big life choices, and a whole lot of love, too. They're quite honest about how much they drove each oth...
A must-read for anyone planning to travel for a long time, especially youngsters.Although the book is thick, it moves along very quickly. The stories are supplemented by charming sketchy illustrations by Mr. Weinberg, and Scieszka's voice is light but descriptive. They also do a lot of moving around...
This travelogue/memoir could be a lot more interesting and insightful than it is. The narrative is more engaging once they get to Mali, but that is more than halfway into the book.
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