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Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Rural electrification -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
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The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
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Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Call #:
621
.453092
K15b
Subjects
Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Rural electrification -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780803735118 (hardback : acid-free paper)
0803735111 (hardback : acid-free paper)
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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.
Genre:
Autobiographies, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Mealer, Bryan.
Zunon, Elizabeth.
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1
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