The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; Pictures by Elizabeth Zunon

By:

Kamkwamba, William, (1987-)

Contributor(s):

Zunon, Elizabeth, illustrator

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 2012Edition: This edition first published in 2012Description: 30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:

9780545591881

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

621.4

LOC classification:

TJ140.K36 A3

Contents:

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"--

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"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"--

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