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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 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 jun...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780803735118
ISBN-10: 0803735111
Publication Date: 1/19/2012
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: Dial
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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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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reviewed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind on + 11 more book reviews
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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