The Price Of Stones: Building A School For My Village (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
In the book The Price of Stones by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri we learn about a young boy and the struggles he must overcome to become what he is today. We follow Kaguri as a working young boy, to a working young man. He overcomes many obstacles throughout his life. This story mainly takes place in Uganda, where the main character lives with his family. Many diseases are going around at this time such as SIDS and AIDS. A large part of Kaguri's family has died from these diseases and a cure still has yet to be found.My favorite part of this book was when the school that Kaguri builds first opens. All the orphans are smiling and couldn't be happier to have such a nice new school. These orphans have never had anything like what Kaguri builds for them. The minister comes and cuts the red ribbon as a symbol of the school opening. Kaguri describes seeing all these kids with such joy on their faces. Reading it definitely brought a smile to my face.I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a moving and extremely inspirational well written autobiography. Any range of readers would enjoy this book. If you are willing to step out of your normal reading box and take a leap of faith, I would definitely recommend this book. It is extremely inspirational and brings out the goodness in you. It makes you want to help the less fortunate. This is one of my favorite books I have ever read, and I would recommend this to anyone who has an advanced / moderate reading level. The cover photo for this book is lovely - smiling, joyous children running, and the background is composed of green beautiful hills. Hard to believe these children are orphans, victims of HIV/AIDS. This is one of those incredible true stories of a person who saw a need and vowed to do what he could to help. Twesigye Jackson Kaguri is from Uganda. When his older brother was dying of AIDS, he asked Twesigye to take on the responsibility for his children. Twesigye agreed and also tried to give bits of help to other poor people in his community, and then realized the need for a tuition-free school for orphans. With no resources of his own, and no idea of how to start, he and his wife just decided to start, anyway. This is the story of that decision, and its results which became much more far-reaching than the school itself. I never cease to be amazed and terribly impressed by people like this, and of how the world opens its arms (and pocketbooks) to help. Great things can be accomplished. The Price of Stnes is both well-written and inspiring.
What do You think about The Price Of Stones: Building A School For My Village (2010)?
Audiobook version. Narrator made it sound dull so I took it back not far into the first disc.
—lila
An inspiring story of dedication, determination and generosity.
—Katmattmik
He's not a writer, but it's my kind of read.
—vrikifc
This author is coming to my school in Korea!
—Jean
