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Three cups of tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ; adapted for young readers by Sarah Thomson

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Three cups of tea

Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ; adapted for young readers by Sarah Thomson

One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself--at last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools.--From publisher description

Failure -- Wrong side of the river -- I'm going to build you a school -- Growing up -- 580 letters, one check -- Hard way home -- Korphe at last -- Bridge before a school -- Hunting Ibex -- Building bridges -- Six days -- Beginnings -- Haji Ali's lesson -- Smile should be more than a memory -- Picture -- New schools-and more -- Running from war -- Too much to do -- Village called New York -- Afghanistan -- First educated women in Korphe -- Stones into schools

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3 cups of tea