Pay It Forward

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Synopsis

An immediate bestseller when first published, Pay It Forward captured hearts all over the world, became a wildly popular film, and spawned a generation of increased altruism. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author. It takes an inspiring and moving tale of a young boy who believed in the power of kindness and brings it to a new generation of readers.

Twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney accepts his social studies teacher’s challenge: come up with a plan to change the world. His idea is simple: Do a good deed for three people and ask them to “pay it forward” to three others in need. He envisions a vast movement of kindness and goodwill spreading beyond his small California town and across the world. The project, however, appears to falter. Jerry, a bum who receives some allowance money from Trevor, returns to a life of dissolution. Trevor wants his pretty, hardworking mother—a woman who raised him lovingly despite struggles with alcoholism—to marry his teacher, Reuben St. Clair. Reuben is a scarred, bitter, untrusting man with a disfiguring injury from Vietnam. He seems to come alive only when in front of his class. For a time that matchmaking brings nothing but problems. Ultimately, though, unusual things start to happen. Crime rates dip across the nation, and nobody seems to know why. Then a journalist tracks down the source: an epidemic of random acts of kindness.

Anyone who has ever despaired of one person’s ability to effect change will rejoice in Trevor’s courage and determination to see the good in everyone.

Chapters

  • PayItForward 01 Chapter1

    Duration: 22min
  • PayItForward 02 Chapter2

    Duration: 18min
  • PayItForward 03 Chapter3

    Duration: 10min
  • PayItForward 04 Chapter4

    Duration: 16min
  • PayItForward 05 Chapter5

    Duration: 12min
  • PayItForward 06 Chapter6

    Duration: 18min
  • PayItForward 07 Chapter7

    Duration: 15min
  • PayItForward 08 Chapter8

    Duration: 16min
  • PayItForward 09 Chapter9

    Duration: 15min
  • PayItForward 10 Chapter10

    Duration: 19min
  • PayItForward 11 Chapter11

    Duration: 12min
  • PayItForward 12 Chapter12

    Duration: 16min
  • PayItForward 13 Chapter13

    Duration: 15min
  • PayItForward 14 Chapter14

    Duration: 18min
  • PayItForward 15 Chapter15

    Duration: 10min
  • PayItForward 16 Chapter16

    Duration: 17min
  • PayItForward 17 Chapter17

    Duration: 15min
  • PayItForward 18 Chapter18

    Duration: 07min
  • PayItForward 19 Chapter19

    Duration: 04min
  • PayItForward 20 Chapter20

    Duration: 16min
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