Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People): The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World |
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Authors: | Kidder, Tracy & French, Michael |
Topics: | Community, Health & Nutrition |
Lexile: | 1120, |
Publisher: | Random House Children's Books |
BISAC/Subject: | YAN024030, YAN051250, YAN006110 |
ISBN: | 9780307980885, Related ISBNs: 030798088X, 0375990992, 0385743181, 038574319X, 0804121672 |
Classification: | Non-Fiction |
Number of pages: | 288, |
Audience: | Young adult |
Tracy Kidder's critically acclaimed adult nonfiction work, Mountains Beyond Mountains has been adapted for young people by Michael French. In this young adult edition, readers are introduced to 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.
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