Connections
Angela's Picks:
       Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
      Description taken from www.cryanhyde.com

Pay It Forward is a wondrous and moving novel about Trevor McKinney, a  twelve-year-old boy in a small California town who accepts the challenge  that his teacher gives his class, a chance to earn extra credit by coming  up with a plan to change the world for the better-and to put that plan into  action.

The idea that Trevor comes up with is so simple and so naive that when others learn of it they are dismissive. Even Trevor himself begins to doubt  when his "pay it forward" plan seems to founder on a combination of bad  luck and the worst of human nature.

In the end, Pay It Forward is the story of seemingly ordinary people made  extraordinary by the simple faith of a child. In the tradition of the successful and inspirational television show Touched by an Angel and the  phenomenally successful novel and film Forrest Gump, Pay It Forward is a work of charm, wit, and remarkable inspiration, a story of hope for today  and for many tomorrows to come.

Angela Hansen of the Davenport Public Library offers book recommendations at many Women's Connection events. Pay It Forward was her April choice.