819 reviews for:

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba

4.11 AVERAGE

_chloenoelle_'s review against another edition

5.0

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

rosiev425's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

zeto_rodrigues's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

scienceworks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

jaimiable's review against another edition

3.0

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heyyy_katelyn's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 8%

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I need more time to actually sit through it and think about it because it is in Spanish. I will probably finish it this summer.

maddylopp's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

kristy_k's review against another edition

4.0

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Incredibly inspirational. William is a boy in Malawi who lives with no electricity, little schooling, and oftentimes hunger. Yet he inspires to do and be more than his situation normally allows. Teaching himself physics and other sciences through books all the while enduring ridicule, he creates a windmill to bring electricity to his home. I was awed and humbled many times throughout his story.

librarybookfamily's review against another edition

5.0

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A middle grade novel about a self taught young boy in Africa who used trash to build a working windmill. He overcomes all the odds of hard living conditions. I look forward to watching the movie on Netflix with my kids.

Warning: Death, Famine, Dead dog

emersonmaass's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced