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From Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Truck Full of Money, and adapted by Michael French comes this captivating and critically acclaimed young adult adaptation of the nonfiction edition of Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, which tells the inspiring story of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a global scale. Farmer focuses his attention on some of the world's most impoverished people and uses unconventional ways in which to provide healthcare, to achieve real results and save lives. From his humble beginnings and atypical childhood to his education at Harvard Medical School and on to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia, Farmer dedicated himself to the philosophy that ""the only real nation is humanity."" He sets an example of a life based on hope and understanding of the Haitian proverb ""Beyond mountains there are mountains""—as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too. ""An important story that feels like it breathes a dose of virtuous oxygen right into readers' heads.""—Kirkus Reviews, Starred   ""Accessible and fascinating...It's focus on Farmer the humanitarian provides a much-needed education in empathy.""—Booklist   ""A thoughtful examination of a complex man operating in a complex world.""—The Horn Book A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year Selection A CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies Selection

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In this excellent work, Pulitzer Prize--winner Kidder immerses himself in and beautifully explores the rich drama that exists in the life of Dr. Paul Farmer...Throughout, Kidder captures the almost saintly effect Farmer has on those whom he treats. -Publisher's Weekly, starred review [A] Skilled and graceful exploration of the soul of an astonishing human being. -Kirkus Reviews, starred review A fine writer and his extraordinary subject: Tracy Kidder, in giving us Paul Farmer, lifts up an image of hope-and challenge-that the world urgently needs. Simply put, this is an important book. -James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword The central character of this marvelous book is one of the most provocative, brilliant, funny, unsettling, endlessly energetic, irksome, and charming characters ever to spring to life on the page. He has embarked on an epic struggle that will take you from the halls of Harvard Medical School to a sun-scorched plateau in Haiti, from the slums of Peru to the cold gray prisons of Moscow. He wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it. --Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action A profoundly inspiring and important book about one of the truly great men of our time. --Ethan Canin, author of Carry Me Across the Water Here is a genuine hero alive in our times. MountainsBeyondMountains unfolds with the force of gathering revelation. Like all of Tracy Kidder's books, it is as hard to put down as any good and true story. --Annie Dillard, author of The Writing Life Mountains Beyond Mountains is the only book I've read in years that made me feel like cheering. It left me uncomfortable, guilty, and exhausted--but it also inspired me, kept me up all night, and moved me to tears. Some readers will find their lives changed forever; everyone else will emerge, at the very least, with an unexpectedly revised set of values. Tracy Kidder has

<b>An important story that feels like it breathes a dose of virtuous oxygen right into readers' heads.</b> <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, Starred Review <b>Accessible and fascinating.</b> It's focus on Farmer the humanitarian provides a much-needed education in empathy. <i>Booklist</i> <b>A thoughtful examination of a complex man operating in a complex world.</b> <i>The Horn Book</i></p>

An important story that feels like it breathes a dose of virtuous oxygen right into readers' heads. -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Accessible and fascinating. It's focus on Farmer the humanitarian provides a much-needed education in empathy. -- Booklist A thoughtful examination of a complex man operating in a complex world. -- The Horn Book

An important story that feels like it breathes a dose of virtuous oxygen right into readers' heads. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Accessible and fascinating. It's focus on Farmer the humanitarian provides a much-needed education in empathy. --Booklist A thoughtful examination of a complex man operating in a complex world. --The Horn Book

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TRACY KIDDER graduated from Harvard University and studied at the University of Iowa. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. The author of My Detachment, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine, Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine. MICHAEL FRENCH has published twenty books, including fiction for adults and young adults, biographies, and art criticism. He has adapted many acclaimed adult works for young people. Michael French divides his time between Santa Barbara, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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