Thee Cups of Tea

The book I chose is called Three Cups of Tea. I chose this book because it is a true story about helping people in need. The main character is a man named Greg Mortenson who helps these people. The story is set in Pakistan. Greg begins to climb K2 in honor of his younger sister, Christa, who died recently. He plans to reach the summit of the mountain and place Christa's treasured necklace at the top. But when another member of his climbing group gets sick, they have to turn around. On the way back, Greg becomes lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wanders into a poor village, and there the village chief and people take him in. He sees that the children don't even have a school, and most of the classes don't even have teachers. The kids have to find material like sticks and write their lessons in the dirt. After seeing all of this, Greg promises to return and build a school for the children. Over the next decade, Greg kept his promise to return and helped build more than sixty schools for Pakistan children. He became close especially with the chief from that village he wandered into, and with all the other children and people he met along the way. That is why the book is called Three Cups of Tea: "With the first cup of tea you are a stranger. With the second... A friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family." I loved the people Greg meets in this book because all of them are kind, warm, welcoming and especially grateful. If you want to know more about Greg's amazing journey, I guess you'll have to read this book!