The Lifters
The Lifters by Dave Eggers is a 2018 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker Dave Eggers, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "My wish: Once Upon a School" (2008), 1.8M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 10 years after the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 8th of 8 books by Dave Eggers on Books Worth Reading (2000–2018), by publication year.
- Edition: Scholastic, 2018 · 352 pages
The paired TED talk
My wish: Once Upon a School (2008), the TED talk by Dave Eggers.
From the publisher
What if nothing was as it seemed? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mere inches below you as you sit in class or eat a banana? 
What if it were up to just two kids to stop these forces? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders?