The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Picture Book Edition

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Picture Book, Nonfiction, Hardcover, 32 pages
    ISBN: 9780803735118Publisher: Penguin Random House

    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.
    William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

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