<p>Tracy Kidder's critically acclaimed adult nonfiction work, <i>Mountains Beyond Mountains</i> has been adapted for young people by Michael French. In this young adult edition, readers are introduced to Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a global scale. Farmer focuses his attention on some of the world's most impoverished people and uses unconventional ways in which to provide healthcare, to achieve real results and save lives.</p><br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>