Reviews for The Winning Spirit

The average rating for The Winning Spirit based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-06-27 00:00:00 Shawn Burke With everything, I've been thinking about this book. I read it in school years ago. Book stick with you. I did forget the title and had to google the basic plot of the book. But this it. I remember the cover. But I still dont remember what grade I was in. It was late elementary or early middle school. may try to find the book and do a reread.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-09-22 00:00:00 Linda Clark This story explained the life of the African, and how their life could change by simply being kidnapped. This Historical-Fiction book by Joyce Hansen is about a prince named Kofi and his life. One day Kofi and his family attend a ceremony to the King. Their slave Oppong, who is very worried, tells Kofi’s royal father that the Europeans are coming to attack Great Chiefs (Kofi’s Father was a great chief!). Now Kofi’s father and two of Kofi’s big brothers leave with Kofi to a secret hideout so that the Europeans don’t find them. Kofi, who senses something fishy, yells, “Oppong has secrets, he’s been acting in a strange way!” (19). They think that Kofi’s just a child and he has no idea of what he’s talking about. Little did they know, Oppong just led Kofi’s family to their death… With no family left Kofi will venture a new life as he is kidnapped and sent to Massachusetts. Will he ever find his way back home to Africa? I honestly really liked this book because it was based on an interesting situation and Joyce Hansen did not make this book too sad or too happy. I recommend this book to Middle school students which would be ages 11 to 14. Age 11 is the minimum because younger ages would just find history boring. Age 14 is the maximum because beyond that age would be to mature and would just feel that this book is too unrealistic. I realized that the moral of this story was to always be patient. You will see this as Kofi makes a small mistake of being impatient and it results with lots of trouble for Kofi.