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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Three Cups of Tea

Can you imagine being stranded high in the mountains, with friends and family far away?  Mountain climber Greg Mortenson spent a winter in a remote village in Pakistan, dependent on the care and generosity of a small band of villagers who have lived the same simple lifestyle for generations.  Greg is astounded by the village children's idea of school - squatting in the cold, drawing and writing in the dirt with a stick for a pencil, and taught occasionally by an itinerant teacher.  He vows to return to Pakistan and build a school, a vow which seems impossible to keep when his first appeals for help in the United States are answered by only one contribution. 

If you would like to participate in an MVM book group to read the fascinating story of Greg's determination to keep his promise, join our Three Cups of Tea bookgroup.  We will meet early some evening in January to kick off the book group, use this blog to communicate our thoughts about the book, and reconvene at the end of our reading.  We'll celebrate with tea, of course.  Email Nancy Kane at nancy.kane@bhrsd.org or call me at school if you would like to participate.

11 comments:

  1. great book really interesting!

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  2. a very heart warming book

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  3. can't wait to read a nother book it got me reading

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  4. My mother read this book and loved it. She convinced me to read it. And it gave a heart-warming effect.
    There is a second book, it is called "Stones into Schools". You might want to read that one, too.

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  5. my cousin read this book and said that i needed to read it . i read it and was amazed on how heart warming it was

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  6. my science teacher said for me to read this book and i loved it! you have to read this book!

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  7. This book is a very nice book and you should read it it's a good book for the winter!!!!~!!!!!!~!!!!!!~!!!!!

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  8. Three cups of tee looks like a very good book. I have not read it but i hered good things about it!☺

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  9. I think "3 Cups of Tea" sounds like a interesting story.

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  10. I liked the book three cups of tea. I thought it was great that the man started his company on pennies for pIece.I was thinking that the guy really made a difference and really made me think about doing pennies for pIece. ES

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  11. my mom read this book and i thought that it sounds great and besides helping others is one of the best things a kid or an adult can do and it makes a diffrence so i am interested in reading this book and i hope many other book lovers like myself will want to read this great book and let it influence our selfs to become better people and help others when they are in trouble.

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