Day: December 27, 2009

Review of the Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

This is the second memoir I’ve read from someone dealing with the hardships of growing up in Africa. The first one was A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. Ishmael grew up in the war-torn Congo area and became a boy soldier. William Kamkwamba’s struggle deals with poverty. Both stories are inspirational and worthy of the praise each book has received.

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