{"product_id":"pay-it-forward-9781476796383","title":"Pay It Forward","description":"An immediate bestseller when first published, \u003ci\u003ePay It Forward \u003c\/i\u003ecaptured 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnyone 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476796383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 4.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Catherine Ryan Hyde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36652508381340,"sku":"9781476796383","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_317d39bf-478c-4f1a-8be5-8ec999b5bc2f.jpg?v=1603879924","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pay-it-forward-9781476796383","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}