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Monday, July 21, 2008
Pay It Forward is a wondrous and moving story about Trevor McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town who accepts the challenge that his teacher gives his class, a chance to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world for the better--and to put that plan into action.
The plan that Trevor comes up with is so simple--and so naive--that when others learn of it they are dismissive. Even Trevor himself begins to doubt when his pay it forward plan seems to founder on a combination of bad luck and the worst of human nature.
What is his idea? Trevor chooses three people for whom he will do a favor, and then when those people thank him and ask how they might pay him back, he will tell them that instead of paying him back they should each pay it forward by choosing three people for whom they can do favors, and in turn telling those people to Pay it Forward. It's nothing less than a human chain letter of kindness and good will. But will it work?
'Pay It Forward' is one of my favorite movies. When it first came out, hubby & I watched it together and it quickly became one of our favorites. I had no idea this movie was a book.
So you can imagine my surprise when author Catherine Ryan Hyde emailed me wondering if I'd be interested in reviewing any of her books. When I visited her website, and browsed her books, I realized she wrote 'Pay It Forward'. What a nice surprise! I told her I'd love to read and review a few of her books including this one. And she was kind enough to send me my own personally signed copy.
Her single request was that I 'tell at least one other person who didn't know it was a book' .
I've been telling waaaay more than just one person about this book.
I also want to 'Pay It Forward'. Soooo....I will be raffling off a special prize on my blog. It's not going to be my usual book prize, it will be something different. Stay tuned for that post.
Thank you Miss Hyde! I treasure my copy and my hubby was impressed when I showed him...lol
I will be reading & reviewing this book on my blog soon.
visit the authors websites:
http://www.cryanhyde.com/
http://www.myspace.com/catherineryanhyde
Pay It Forward Movement
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