thriller when I was young reaches tough students
I vividly remember the slums of Dundee and Mary's anxiousness as her drunken father came home singing bar songs. I remember the adventure of going to Africa and the determination Mary had to reach the cannibals of African tribes. I remember the changed lives because of the investment of one.
Now I share this book with my high school students as they dig into the book and make the connection that investing in others changes the course of lives. They have requested that they be able to keep this book to read again on their own.
What once was a thriller has become a treasured tool to reach my students.
