Kamkwamba, William,  1987- <br/><br/>
The boy who harnessed the wind  
by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. 
 - New York :  Dial Books for Young Readers,  2012. 
 - 1 v. (unpaged) :  col. ill. ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803735118 (hardback : acid-free paper) 0803735111 (hardback : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011021536 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kamkwamba, William, 1987- --Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Windmills--Malawi--Juvenile literature.<br/>Electric power production--Malawi--Juvenile literature.<br/>Irrigation--Malawi--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TJ140.K36  / A3 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.4/53096897