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Author Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

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

Publication Info. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920 KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J-B KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J-B KAMKWAMBA    Storage
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J-B KAMKWAMBA c.4  Missing
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KAMKWAMBA    Check Shelf

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.3 0.5 148136.
Subject Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Mealer, Bryan.
Zunon, Elizabeth, illustrator.
ISBN 9780803735118 (hardback : acid-free paper)
0803735111 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9781451741186
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