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(0)Greg Mortenson
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and illustrations, as well as a special interview by Greg’s twelve-year-old daughter, Amira, who has traveled with her father as an advocate for the Pennies for Peace program for children.
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Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
cp2006
Language
English
Description
Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build school (especially for girls), throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. While he wages war with the root causes of terrorism - poverty and ignorance - Mortenson must survive kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats from Americans who consider him a traitor, and wrenching separations from his family.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the bestselling book about the American Greg Mortenson's building of over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 1993 Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbles into a poor village. The villager chief offers him three cups of tea and the villagers nurse Mortenson back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promises to return and build a school for their children....