The selection for April is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson with David Oliver Relin. The writing is not the best - a little wordy and drawn out - but it is a book that will change your life. It is the true story of one man's mission to promote peace, one school at a time. If this version is too slow for you, there is an edition written for middle school students, a condensed version. (There is also a picture book.) Many schools or classrooms are reading this book as a project, and raising funds to help build schools. If you're not hooked yet, here are a couple quotes from the back of the book:
"Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anythin--even die." --Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the Taliban's backyard.
You can also go to www.threecupsoftea.com
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