The author describes how he left a lucrative business consulting job to found the nonprofit Pencils of Promise, an organization responsible for building schools for the poor in developing countries around the world and which recently completed its two hundredth school.
^Adam Braun (2014). The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary ChangeISBN 9781476730622 (revised Sep 2016)
^The Promise of a Pencil : How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change by Adam Braun (2014, Hardcover)ISBN 9781476730622 (revised Jan 2020)
^ (2015). The Promise of a Pencil How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary ChangeBiggerBooks. ISBN 9781476730622 (revised Jul 2023)
^Adam Braun (2014). The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change, Scribner. Amazon. ISBN 9781476730622 (revised Apr 2014)