Reading Raves

[wordsrmylife]

With so much tragedy and so many tales of carnage coming out of Africa, it was a pleasure to pick up The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. Kamkwamba grew up in Malawi, the only son in a farm family. Because of a drought-induced famine, he was unable to go to secondary school, but he was always interested in

Comments

[olmue]

My library has been featuring this book, but as they're featuring it as adult, and I have been reading almost entirely MG/YA, I haven't actually picked it up. But now that you describe it, it sounds fascinating, so I think I'm going to have to pick it up on my next time in!

[wordsrmylife]

Do! There's no reason why teens shouldn't read this. I think it's a great crossover.