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Flying before Walking by itsmichellekelly
Flying before Walkingby itsmichellekelly
I am flying away again. The first time I rode an airplane I was only eight months old. I didn't remember a thing. What followed is a series of flights to and fro the cou...
Pokémon Spring & Autumn by Timba3olf
Pokémon Spring & Autumnby Tim James
Liam Holbrook is a third culture kid (TCK) starting at a new school in a new country. He's also a Pokemon trainer, and between learning about his new friends, catching n...
Tokyo Dearest by GummySonam
Tokyo Dearestby GummySonam
A mountain sipping on a cup of sand, Weaving streetlights out of Polaris- A raindrop I kissed, and why I am fine without this.
Reflection of my Seoul by hyenjincho
Reflection of my Seoulby Joe
Heize sees in color. While New York City, the city where she grew up in, feels like a mix of vibrant primary colors to create a plethora of hues, Seoul, the city she is...
The Hapa by mariethethiiird
The Hapaby mariethethiiird
A poetry collection rooted in feeling torn between two cultures. A "hapa" is a term used for people with ancestry partly Asian.
Loose Ties by jokjinari
Loose Tiesby Andrew Marshall
Poetry about travel and time-zones and adventure and loss: the life of a third culture kid.
Home Again by ARaceOfGrace
Home Againby Grace Fern
This is a memoir I wrote in school. I hope you all like it <3 Except for my name and my sister's, all names have been changed to respect my friends' privacies. *UNEDI...
Frances Finds A Friend by rjrodda
Frances Finds A Friendby R J Rodda
How do you make friends without words? Frances has moved to a new country to live. She can't speak the language. How will Frances find a new friend? This is a picture b...
Bobby the Bug Hunter by rjrodda
Bobby the Bug Hunterby R J Rodda
When Bobby moves to the country of Georgia, what does he find? All manner of beasties, that's what! A chronicle of my son's bug-hunting adventures that is perfect to rea...
Rootless AND proud by annacj9
Rootless AND proudby annacj9
Hi, where are you from? Where is your home? What's your favourite country? If you have trouble answering these questions, then this book is the one for you. I am Annabel...
The Shoe Girl by rafi_089
The Shoe Girlby Rafika
"The Shoe Girl" tells the story of a teenage girl who was raised in different countries and exposed to different cultures in her childhood, creating her own, u...
Ignorance by IndigoDawn
Ignoranceby IndigoDawn
This is not fiction, but a memoir of myself. I am a Third-Culture Kid (TCK), a daughter of a Taiwanese diplomat... I will soon be 24, and for the first time in my life...
A Place To Call Home by dannoortje
A Place To Call Homeby dannoortje
A Story in the eyes of a third culture kid. A third culture kid means a kid who has grown up in different cultures (mixing two cultures making a third one) being a thir...