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(0)Greg Mortenson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
NC 1420L
Language
English
Description
In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 670L
Language
English
Description
Simple text and collage illustrations present the story of Greg Mortenson's project to build a school in a remote village in Pakistan, after the local people saved his life. Picture book adapted for children from the book: Three cups of tea.
Author
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
An account of Greg Mortenson's campaign to build schools for girls in dangerous, remote, and anti-American Taliban territory in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This work is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man is changing the world.
La verdadera e increible historia de un hombre y su campana humanitaria en territorio taliban.
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
A middle-grade adapted version of the New York Times bestseller about humanitarianism and providing Muslim children around the world with an education is enhanced with photos, maps, illustrations, and a special afterword by the author's daughter who worked with him as an advocate for the Pennies for Peace program.
