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Beginning on Oct 28, students of the ISA IBC will be starting their book club read around books whose main characters are "paying it forward." Students will choose to read //What is the What// by Dave Eggars, the fictionalized story of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the Sudan's "lost boys," who currently actively works to build schools in the Sudan, //First They Killed My Father// by Luong Ung, a woman who survived the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia and who currently works to eliminate land mines, //Three Cups of Tea// by Greg Mortensen, and //My Story: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky// by Farah Ahmedi, a young woman who survived losing a leg to a land mine and who is currently working to earn her degree and to improve educational opportunity in Afghanistan.

Students will be reading for the next 9 weeks and hope to connect to other students via the web to discuss the books and/or the issues the texts raise and their own initiatives to paying it forward.