01851nam a2200385u 4500 731911797 OCoLC 20190501174148.0 ta 120127s2012 nyu j 000 0aeng 2011021536 9780803735118 (hardback : acid-free paper) 0803735111 (hardback : acid-free paper) (OCoLC)731911797 DLC DLC BTCTA IK2 NOG pcc f-mw--- NOGA TJ140.K36 A3 2012 621.4/53096897 23 Kamkwamba, William, 1987- The boy who harnessed the wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012. 1201 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. "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. 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. Mealer, Bryan. Zunon, Elizabeth, ill. 5 5247 5247 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ E 2016-10-26 31 4 [E] 32229 2022-06-14 2022-05-27 16.99 2016-10-26 BOOK