Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Creating Currents Of Electricity And Hope
by Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Vg In Wraps. Faint Wear. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 273.
- ISBN 10
- 0007316186
- ISBN 13
- 9780007316182
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.
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- Bookseller
- Vintage-Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MASTER333639I
- Title
- Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Creating Currents Of Electricity And Hope
- Author
- Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback.
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg In Wraps. Faint Wear. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 273.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007316186
- ISBN 13
- 9780007316182
- Publisher
- Harper-Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Africa, History, Malawi, Memoirs, Wind Energy, Windmills, Memoirs
- Bookseller catalogs
- AFRICA;
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.