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Author:

Kamkwamba, William, 1987- author.

Title:

The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas.

Edition:

Young readers edition.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

293 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Kamkwamba, William, 1987--1987----Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers--Juvenile literature.--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--Juvenile literature.--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Windmills--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Electric power production--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Irrigation--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biography.
Juvenile works.

Other Authors:

Mealer, Bryan, author.
Hymas, Anna, illustrator.

Summary:

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.

ISBN:

0147510422
9780147510426

OCLC:

(OCoLC)908517578

Locations:

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BSPB851 -- Colo Public Library (Colo)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

FHPB224 -- Edgewood Public Library (Edgewood)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

RQPC397 -- Panora Public Library (Panora)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

DKPC353 -- Sheffield Public Library (Sheffield)

BZPC851 -- Slater Public Library (Slater)