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Three cups of tea
one man's mission to promote peace--one school at a time
By Relin, David Oliver & Thomson, Sarah L. & Mortenson, Greg
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2009
Gr 6-8 Hiking in the mountains of Pakistan in 1993, Mortenson got lost. He found his way to a small village where the locals helped him recover from his ordeal. While there, he noticed that the students had no building and did all of their schooling out of doors. Motivated to repay the kindness he had received, he vowed to return to the village and help build a school. Thus began his real life's journey. Mortenson's ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
This young reader's edition of the best-selling adult book begins with Mortenson, an American, lost in the mountains of Pakistan. Aft...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
This young reader’s edition of Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin’s Three Cups of Tea details how Mortenson, through sheer determination and a lot of heart, managed to raise money and then build a school in Korphe, Pakistan. (He has since founded the Central Asia Institute and has built seventy-eight schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.) Told in third-person point of view with Mortenson as the main character, the book often reads more like an adventure story than a memoir, which broadens its appeal. R...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
