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02194aam a2200409 4500 001 EF3937E0081211E991DB78F996128E48 003 SILO 005 20181225010105 008 170321s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0545591880 020 $a 9780545591881 035 $a (OCoLC)927426089 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Kamkwamba, William. 245 14 $a The boy who harnessed the wind / $c William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. 264 1 $a New York : $b Scholastic, Inc., $c 2012. 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 28 cm. 500 $a Given by the 2018 North Tama 5th Grade Classes through the Project Jack Grant. 520 $a 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. 526 $a Accelerated Reader AR $b LG $c 5.3 $d 0.5 $z 148136. 541 $d 20180504. 586 $a Chickadee Award Nominee, 2013-2014. 586 $a Kennebec Valley Book Award nominee 2013-2014. 600 1 $a Kamkwamba, William, $d 1987- $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Mechanical engineers $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Rural electrification $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Electric power production $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Water-supply, Rural $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Windmills $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. 650 $a Irrigation $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. 650 7 $a Inventors $z Malawi $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 651 $a Malawi $x Rural conditions $v Juvenile literature. 700 $a Mealer, Bryan, $e author. 700 $a Zunon, Elizabeth,. 941 $a 1 952 $l TXPC862 $d 20181225012844.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EF3937E0081211E991DB78F996128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search