The boy who harnessed the wind

English language

Published Aug. 26, 2012 by Dial Books for Young Readers.

ISBN:
978-0-8037-3511-8
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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

  • Irrigation
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects
  • Windmills
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General
  • Electric power production
  • Juvenile literature
  • Biography
  • Mechanical engineers

Places

  • Malawi