The boy who harnessed the wind

301 pages

English language

Published Aug. 26, 2015 by Scholastic Inc..

ISBN:
978-0-545-94603-2
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OCLC Number:
1267537541

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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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Subjects

  • Juvenile literature
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Biography
  • Windmills
  • Electric power production
  • Irrigation

Places

  • Malawi