The boy who harnessed the wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
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TextPublisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: 9780803735118 (hardback : acid-free paper); 0803735111 (hardback : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature | Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 621.4/53096897 LOC classification: TJ140.K36 | A3 2012Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | [E] (Browse shelf) | 31 | Available | 32229 |
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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