Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People) by Tracy Kidder

Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People) by Tracy Kidder

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

Michael French is the author of twenty-four works, including adult and young adult novels, art criticism, biographies, adaptations, and gender studies. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Stanford University and his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. He is a successful businessman, an active high-altitude mountain trekker, a world traveler to underdeveloped nations, an activist, and, with his wife, Patricia, a philanthropist raising money for initiatives that help teachers in Santa Fe, N.M., public schools, which are among the country's most challenged.