Stones into Schools - Greg Mortenson

Stones into Schools picks up where Three Cups of Tea leaves off. The two books recount the challenges and successes of the Central Asia Institute (CAI) in its quest to build schools to promote female education throughout Pakistan and Afghanistan.

I thoroughly enjoyed Three Cups of Tea when I read it in the summer, and Stones into Schools is more of the same. Mortenson tells his tale with humour, honesty, and optimism and something about his writing propelled me to "just keep reading."

I have always loved books that deal with "troubled" areas - The Poisonwood Bible, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Half of a Yellow Sun - all incredible reads in my opinion. I'm not sure what it is about his genre, but something about it really speaks to me.

I highly recomment Stones into Schools - especially if you read Three Cups of Tea first! A must-read for anyone who cares about education, literacy, or the human race in general.