The boy who harnessed the wind
"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to b...
| Main Authors: | Kamkwamba, William, 1987- (Author), Mealer, Bryan (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.,
[2012]
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| Summary: |
"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: |
Elementary Grade. 910 |
| ISBN: |
9780803735118 0803735111 9781451741186 1451741189 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |