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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.) Paperback - 2010
by Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity--and a future--to his family.
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Details
- Title The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.)
- Author Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow, New York, New York
- Date 2010-07-27
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2211110686
- ISBN 9780061730337 / 0061730335
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.8 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 11 to 17 years
- Grade levels 6 - 12
- Reading level 860
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Cultural Region: Southern Africa
- Library of Congress subjects Kamkwamba, William, Inventors - Malawi
- Dewey Decimal Code B
From the rear cover
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him misala--crazy--but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. It will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual's ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.