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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Elizabeth Zunon
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When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how -- even in the worst of times -- a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780803735118
ISBN10 0803735111
Series/Work OL15190422W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Dial Books
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Africa Africa, biography Africa, rural conditions Biography Biography & Autobiography BiographyJuvenile literature Design and construction Electricity & Electronics Electric power Electric power production Engineers Engineers, juvenile literature Experiments & Projects General Inventors Inventors, juvenile literature Irrigation Juvenile literature JUVENILE NONFICTION JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General

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