From the author of How Yoga Works, a delightful adventure tale of yoga
and the ancient wisdom behind it. Friday is a young girl who lives in a
tiny nomad village high in the Himalayan plains, a thousand years before
our time. Yoga is just starting to reach Tibet from India, and is
strictly forbidden for women. In fact, so are books--and learning to
read or to write. Friday's uncle Jampa is a quiet, wise Buddhist monk
who gives classes to young monks who walk from the local monastery to
his beautiful yurt, secluded within the mountains. Why does he live so
alone? Why doesn't he stay with the other monks? Uncle has a secret.
Friday grows up watching Uncle teach her dear brother Tenzing the
deepest knowledge of the ancient books, as he trains to become a Geshe,
or Master. She secretly watches the Wisdom Warriors of the monastery at
night, as they tear apart beautiful ideas, leaping in the wild dance of
a debater monk. Friday hatches a daring plan to become the first woman
in a thousand years to break into this secret society of wisdom and
yoga. How could it ever come true? Will she succeed?