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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Author: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
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:...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780545591881
ISBN-10: 0545591880
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 32
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Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is an unbelievably inspiring story that makes me want to putter in my garage until I've invented an alternative energy source. What he did was so simple and so brilliant, and the stuff he taught himself about electricity just blows me away. Coiling his own whatever-ma-callits to increase voltage, and making his own circuit breakers out of magnets and ball point pens. He's like a real-life MacGyver.
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A heart-rending story, full of hope and promise. Has the same life affirming message that Unbroken and Boys in the Boat. Well written and a remarkable story
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Very nice story about determination and circumstance. We should take nothing for granted.


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