Elon Musk and the Journey to an Amazing Future: A Young Readers' Edition

Muhammad Abdullah: A must read for youth

Germany on May 30, 2022

GeneralZ: Just wow, was a bit Tesla, SpaceX and Elon fan, but knowing all this puts so much light on what it means to run a successful tech business, and how to beat the crap out of everyone in an industry you are trying to disrupt and change. It puts so much context to this. I am an engineer, and this is perfect for anyone that has brains and likes to create stuff.

United States on Oct 19, 2021

Javier: Producto que llego muy rápido y bien embalado. Aconsejable al 100%.

Spain on Sep 12, 2021

jacques thouin: gave the book to my grandson and he liked it

Canada on Sep 08, 2021

Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer: The book is amazing! I got the paperback about a year ago, but I decided to buy the hardcover too. I must say that I was unsure about buying the hardcover because there were very few (if any) reviews regarding it. The paperback is great, without a doubt, but I would definitely suggest you buy the hardcover version over any others.
Another thing I want to mention is that the image on the back of the hardcover is not the same as the paperback's (All the images I posted were of the hardcover, just for the record). The hardcover's features a picture of Elon Musk, while I believe the others have a book description/book reviews in it's place.
Lastly, I would like to say that the book is the perfect gift for Elon Musk fans and young engineers. As a thirteen-year-old, I would say that I thoroughly enjoyed it and I would definitely read it again. It is the first thing that I would suggest to someone who has similar interests and is by far the best nonfiction book I have ever read.

United States on Jan 06, 2021

S Aravindakshan: An interesting biography of Elon Musk. It is a great inspiration for teens and adults equally.

India on Aug 29, 2020

Julia: Elon Musk is today's most successful entrepreneur, and his story is worth telling. It is wonderful that this book is written in a language that kids can understand too and inspire them to dream big, follow their dreams.

I bought this in hopes that my slacker nephew might care about other things in life than smoking, drinking and ahem...physical interaction (he's 15...) but he's too far in his own millenial delusions about life to care about such a wonderful book. Heck I'm even surprised he didn't slap this book right back at my face. But other than that, this should be a must read for young entrepreneurs.

United Kingdom on Apr 18, 2019

NJ: 9 year old (has high school reading level) loves Elon Musk and saw this and thought it would be perfect for him. Great book about perseverance and great lessons along with biographical info presented in a fun way, son doesn't want to put it down he has read it multiple times. Talks about his young life as well, being bullied, which is so great for readers who may feel they are growing up in similar situations know that they can persevere and do great things. Love how many mistakes are talked about as well, because again, Musk could have given up a long time ago as these aren't cheap mistakes malfunctions.... (son has told me all about what is in it) He now is one of the world's most brilliant thinkers, inventors, and dreamers of our time. Think about it, we have a Tesla with a dummy driver floating across space right as you are reading this now because of this guy. He dreams big and gets stuff done. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. He doesn't give up, he keeps going, even with multiple failures under his belt, without which he likely wouldn't have had his successes either. Absolutely great book especially for STEM lovers, but really at this point he is a public figure...

United States on Apr 02, 2019

Michelle: 'Santa' bought this for my 10yo daughter to read and I read it myself, being interested in Tesla and SpaceX and Musk in general. However, I found myself conflicted and liking Musk less and less the more I read.

In Musk's world, my daughter would struggle to exist. It's a man's club. All the early team members were men. And the one woman who asked for a raise was fired. (The men, by comparison, all got raises.)

I'm about the same age as Musk and I could never be Musk even though I have a similar capacity for innovation.

In my Fortune 500 days a VP tried to fire me as a cost savings measure. Except I had key certifications and expertise in mandatory regulatory compliance so the company had to keep me. I was punted to another group to get my costs off the VP's budget. At which point I had a better boss, but left the company anyway. Like Musk, I could make something out of nothing. I could bring groups together, identify resources and hack bottlenecks. But it didn't matter. I was the wrong gender.

So I could never be Musk. I felt that acutely as I read. I'm a woman, and for my generation, gender was difficult to overcome. I hit the glass ceiling and it...

United States on Jan 05, 2018

D. Zorrilla: I read the adult version a couple years ago. It was a great and inspirational book for anyone, but especially someone younger aspiring to be an entrepreneur. The main issue with the book is that you couldn't really give it to a kid because it was riddled with F-bombs. It worked in the adult version because it gave you a sense of Musk's sharp character, but obviously not something you would want someone in elementary school reading. I bought two of these-one for my niece and one for my nephew. I read through part of the first chapter and the adaptation seemed good. Some of the concepts seemed a little above an 8-year olds' capacity, but I don't have any kids that old yet, so I may be setting the bar too low. I will update with my niece and nephew's impressions.

United States on Apr 11, 2017