The Boy Who Changed the World by Andy Andrews

This is an excellent and informative book for children and adults. The author shows dramatically how the work one person does touches that of another and tht we build upon the progress of others who go before us or beside us.

Norman Borlaug, an Iowa farmboy, wondered about the plight of the hungry people in the world and decided that he would share to make a difference. This opportunity came to him when he went to work for Henry Wallace, who had long had a similar interest in plants and wanted to make a difference in the world. Wallace found his strong niche as U. S. Secretary of Agriculture and then later Vice President of the United States. The two men worked together to feed the world's hungry.

George Washington Carver played a major role in this threesome. He had been taught by his adoptive parents that he could make a difference in the world---and he did. Not only did the three men have similar concerns and interests, but they had a physical tie which kept them connected. When Carver went to the University to study, his teacher, there, had a six year old son, named Henry Wallace. Carver began to teach the child what he knew about feeding the hungry.

It all boils down, according to the author, to the Butterfly effect or when one thing happens, it sets all another thing. One never knows what one might be setting off. This effect is validated in the story of these three people who, in the course of their careers, fed two billion people. Very good story.