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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition
by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

    Publication Date: Jan 19, 2012
    List Price: $17.99
    Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
    Classification: Nonfiction
    Target Age Group: Picture Book
    ISBN13: 9780803735118
    Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
    Publisher: Penguin Random House
    Parent Company: Bertelsmann

    Hardcover Description:

    When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba’s Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone’s crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library … and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.

    Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.



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