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Three Cups Of Tea Young Readers Edition: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One Child At A Time (2000)

by Greg Mortenson(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1439581207 (ISBN13: 9781439581209)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

review 1: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is a very touching book that describes the struggles of the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan who can’t get an education like American children. An American man who is Greg Mortenson tries to climb the second highest mountain in honor of his younger sister but instead gets stuck in a village where he witnesses small children getting their education. After seeing this he can’t bear to see them in pain so as a result he decides to build schools for these children so they can study and achieve success in their lives. Its a really fascinating book to see how one man’s determination change the entire world in a new and reformed way. This book shows that because of one man’s feelings he changed the world to ma... moreke it more peaceful and make more education available to one of the remotest countries ever. Even though this book is a memoir and it might seem boring it really isn’t since there is a lot of interesting things in it. For example there are many pictures that give you a visual of what the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan look like and what their village looks like. This book presents pictures of the school that Greg Mortenson built as well. Also it includes an interview with Greg Mortenson’s daughter which is Amira Mortenson. These things that are included in this book make this non fiction book more interesting. This book just doesn’t present it as blurting information. They present this book in a way of a story which is Greg Mortenson's story. I realized that once after reading this book that this man had risked his own life for these children in Pakistan just so he could help them gain an education. Education is the most important thing you need in your life since the more knowledge you have the more power you have. With that amount of power you can gain infinite success.
review 2: I know how this book is being considered as an exaggeration about Greg's mission. I have to say, I kind of thought the same when I was reading the part when everything suddenly got so smooth in Grey's life to help him with his mission of building the bridge and schools in Pakistan. But in the end, after reading Amira's (Greg's daughter) interview and seeing the pictures of Greg and his family in Pakistan made me remove that thought.I'm amazed that people like Greg actually exist. It's a beautiful story of Greg getting to see his dream transform into reality. This book could be such a motivation for people who are too naive to know that dreams actually do turn into realities, provided they put in the effort.I liked reading and knowing about people like Greg who actually care about Pakistan, its future and its children and who are not stereotypical toward our nationality and/or religion. Likewise, I liked how the religious people were mentioned as being non-stereotypical about girls' education and building of schools. The best part is, nothing was made up. All characters were real. Three Cups of Tea, it takes three cups of tea to become family.I like the idea behind it. less

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ulrikelouise

Genre: BiographyCopyright date: (Young Reader's Edition) 2009This was a compelling story. Whether or not everything in this book was fact, it definitely was an inspirational tale. Throughout the story, I found myself reflecting on my own life and what else I can do to really make a difference in this world. Powerful books make a person reflect on their own lives. For awhile I had trouble because I felt the story should have finished a few chapters before it did, so the last few chapters were difficult for me. Other than that, the story had a lot of good facts and a really inspirational message. This version was well done too. Often times, the author would describe something in more detail so that kids can get a better understanding of the situation being explained.

debby

This is the true story of Greg Mortenson, who was taken in by kindly Pakistanis when he got lost trying to climb a mountain. In return, he promised to build a school for them, and ended up building over sixty schools. Mortenson has to contend with land mines in Afghanistan, funding issues, the distrust of the local people. Throughout the text difficult words are highlighted and defined in a glossy. Also, there are photographs (both color and black-and-white). This is the young reader’s edition, and may be too advanced for most elementary-age children. However, excerpts could be used during social science units or for booktalks.

Shorty40

We had to read it for school, it was the most boring thing I have ever read in my entire life.

rebecca

It was the first book i read it in english languge

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