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Pay It Forward (novel)
''Pay It Forward'' is a novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde, released in 1999 which was adapted into the motion picture ''Pay It Forward'' which released theatrically and to DVD in 2000–2001.
==Plot summary ==
When twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney begins eighth grade in Atascadero, California, his social studies teacher gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan "Pay It Forward", which means the recipient of a favor does a favor for three others rather than paying the favor back. However, it needs to be a major favor that the receiver can't complete themselves. Trevor first begins by helping Jerry, a jobless man who was unable to find a home. However, he seemingly forgets to complete three favours and ends up in prison. Next, Trevor directly helps his social studies teacher, Mr. Reuben St. Clair. Finally, he helps Mrs. Greenberg, who however, eventually dies. But without Trevor's knowledge, she had helped three friends by giving them $8,333 in her will. One of them, Matt, meets an injured gangster in an alleyway. After helping the man, it turns out that gangster helped another man, who also spared the life of his lifetime rival as his favour. Seeing the chain, Chris Chandler, a reporter, connects the dots, and finds Trevor. Even further, Trevor's mother, who's father had left, strikes a relationship with Mr. St. Clair, Trevor's Social Studies teacher, and Jerry is heard from again, helping a lady not to commit suicide. The novel details how Trevor's Pay It Forward attempts are successful or not successful and how some of the "Pay It Forward" chains result happenings such as Trevor meeting the President, and Trevor's untimely death, which was made by one last person to help in his Pay It Forward 'project'.
Since then, the novel has been translated into twenty languages for publication in more than thirty countries and was chosen among the Best Books for Young Adults in 2001 by the American Library Association.
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