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Author:

Kamkwamba, William.

Title:

The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.

Publisher:

ScholasticInc.,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Kamkwamba, William,--1987---Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Rural electrification--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Electric power production--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Water-supply, Rural--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Windmills--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Irrigation--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--Malawi--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Malawi--Rural conditions--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Mealer, Bryan, author.
Zunon, Elizabeth,.

Notes:

Given by the 2018 North Tama 5th Grade Classes through the Project Jack Grant.

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.

ISBN:

0545591880
9780545591881

OCLC:

(OCoLC)927426089

Locations:

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)