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An adaptation of the bestselling book about the American, Greg Mortenson's building of over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 1993, Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbled into a poor village. The village chief offers him three cups of tea, and his villagers nurse Mortenson back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promises to return and build a school for their children....
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K.'s aunt, who works at the Bellsong Academy for Girls, has invited K. to attend the school. But as soon as she arrives, K. notices some strange goings-on: her aunt has suddenly taken ill; there are only three other students and no regular classes; and a statue speaks to K. when no one else is around.