Greg begins to look for a place to build the next school. While searching, he is kidnapped in a remote Pakistani town. He remained captured for eight days and then was real eased without any word of why he was originally captured. His wife, Tara, has a baby girl. The donor for the school gave Greg's organization 1 million dollars before he died and he also appointed Greg as director. Greg builds 5 or 6 more school around Pakistan. Then, they begin to focus on education for the girls and medical care for everyone in Pakistan. While in America, Greg spent a lot of time raising money to build schools and also raising awareness. After a hard time getting more funds, he is cheered up when his wife gives birth to their son. When he returns to Pakistan, he learns that the muslims are trying to build schools as well, which is great, but these school are only for boys and would force the boys to be part of military assignments. On September 11, 2001, while Mortenson is dedicating a school in Pakistan, the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers takes place. Greg tried to explain to people that these acts of terrorism were fueled by poverty and lack of opportunity, but the word did not spread. Back in America, he begins to receive hate mail from other Americans who believe that he should not be building schools and aiding Muslims. However, with a streak of good luck, he was featured in a cover story of Parade Magazine and he then receives many donations. Greg finally receives the attention he had been wanting all along and he is supported when he decides to move his efforts to the neighboring country of Afghanistan. I really enjoyed this book, but like I said in my earlier post, it was a little repetitive. I also read and finished Boys Are Dogs. To say it briefly, it was not a very good book. I would not recommend it.
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