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    The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations! The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion! Norman changed the world! Or was it Vice President Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? But what about Susan Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters! Based on his book The Butterfly Effect, Andy’s timeless tale shows children that even the smallest of our actions can make a difference in someone’s life. In turn, that person makes a difference in someone else’s life, and the blessing is passed from person to person. Through each character’s story, readers will see that they, too, can be the kid who changes the world. Now updated with Susan Carver’s story and brand-new illustrations by Phillip Hurst!

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    The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations! The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion! Norman changed the world! Or was it Vice President Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? But what about Susan Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters! Based on his book The Butterfly Effect, Andy’s timeless tale shows children that even the smallest of our actions can make a difference in someone’s life. In turn, that person makes a difference in someone else’s life, and the blessing is passed from person to person. Through each character’s story, readers will see that they, too, can be the kid who changes the world. Now updated with Susan Carver’s story and brand-new illustrations by Phillip Hurst!

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    The Kid Who Changed The World

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    ThomasNelson
    The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations! The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion! Norman changed the world! Or was it Vice President Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? But what about Susan Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters! Based on his book The Butterfly Effect, Andy’s timeless tale shows children that even the smallest of our actions can make a difference in someone’s life. In turn, that person makes a difference in someone else’s life, and the blessing is passed from person to person. Through each character’s story, readers will see that they, too, can be the kid who changes the world. Now updated with Susan Carver’s story and brand-new illustrations by Phillip Hurst!

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    want to tell you a story about the kid


    who changed the world. His name was
    Norman Borlaug. Norman lived on a
    farm in Iowa. He loved to play hide-andseek with his little sisters in their fathers
    cornfields.
    Norman was tall and skinny with hair so
    light it looked like the silk that sprouted from
    the ears of corn. Norman was very good at hiding
    in the cornfields.

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    Norman tiptoed quietly so his sisters couldnt


    hear him. He crept along until he was just close
    enough to catch them...

    Gotcha!
    The girls giggled and squealed. Now
    you hide, Norman!

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    Norman ran to hide in the field, careful not to knock down any
    cornstalks. Just yesterday his father reminded him, You know, son,
    were blessed to have all this corn. There are many people in the world
    who do not have enough to eat.
    What would it be like to be hungry all the time? Norman wondered as
    he looked at the endless rows of corn. There has to be a way this corn
    can feed the hungry people, he thought.

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    Right then and there,


    Norman decided to change the world.

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    Norman learned everything he could about


    plants. When he was grown, he worked for a
    man named Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace said,
    Norman, I want you to use what you learned
    in school to make special seeds. These special
    seeds will grow into super plants and feed
    more people than ordinary plants!

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    To make the special seeds, Norman had to go to faraway places


    and work in the rain and summer heat, but he never gave up. Finally,
    Norman developed the special seeds that grew into super plants!
    Normans special seeds of corn and wheat and rice were sent all
    over the world, and the super plants fed the hungry peoplejust like
    Norman dreamed about as a boy. A whole family could eat dinner
    from one super plant! And guess what? Norman saved more than two
    billion people from starving.

    Two billion!
    Its true... Norman was the kid who changed the world!

    Or maybe it was a kid named Henry.

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