Trent Reedy

I really enjoyed this book. See different perspectives of the war in Afghanistan between an American soldier and an Afghanistan native. They each learned from each other and exchanged ideas. One of my favorite lines was some thing that Trent wrote “1st they come for the books“. It’s true throughout history books have been destroyed because of people who are against education. If it wasn’t for the education that Jawad was able to glean both from his relationship with Trent and going to school, he would not be a part of the movement to a create better Afghanistan. I am looking forward to interviewing these two authors for the Texas Library Association panel, The power of Friendship.… (more)