The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Picture Book Edition
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Imprint: Dial Books for Young Readers
(Jan 19, 2012)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780803735118
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780803735118
Categorized under:
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / General
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Places / Africa
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / General
Description of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Picture Book Edition
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.
