The boy who harnessed the wind
by Kamkwamba, William, 1987-.
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BookPublisher: Dial Books for Young Readers c2012Edition: 1st ed. Hardcover.Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. HB.ISBN: 0803735111.Subject(s): Kamkwamba, William, 1987- | Biography | Mechanical engineers - Malawi - Biography | Electric power production - Malawi | Irrigation - Malawi | Windmills - Malawi | UOI - Where we are in place and time - History | IB learner profile - Principled | IB learner profile - Thinker | Attitudes - Commitment | Attitudes - Curiosity | UOI - How the world works - Energy
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Book | NF 926.21 K (Browse shelf) | Available | 0310075555 | |||
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Book | NF 926.21 K (Browse shelf) | Available | LP shelf - Thinker | 0300765555 |
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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.