The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind /
William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
- Guided Reading Program Nonfiction Focus Level P, Level 25 .
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - 6 Copies
"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"--
9780803735118 (hardback : acidfree paper)
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Guided Reading Guided Reading Level P Guided Reading Level 25 Guided Reading Non-Fiction Literary Non-Fiction Mechanical engineers Windmills Electric power production Irrigation JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General. JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects.