The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
Title
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The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
By
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Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Publication Date
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2012
Publication Information
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New York : Dial books for young readers,
Physical Description
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
Subject Term
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Windmills -- Juvenile literature.
Wind power -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author
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Mealer, Bryan.
Zunon, Elizabeth.
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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
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9780803735118
| Library | Collection | Material Type | Shelf Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Juv NFic | Juvenile Non-Fiction | 621.4 KAM | Checked In |