The boy who harnessed the wind

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Author:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
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Zunon, Elizabethillustrator. Illustrator
Mealer, Bryan
ISBN:
9780803735118
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 5.3, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
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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.
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Biographies
Electric power production -- Malawi
Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
Irrigation -- Malawi
Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
Kamkwamba, William, -- 1987-
Kamkwamba, William, -- 1987- -- Juvenile literature
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Windmills -- Malawi
Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
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The boy who harnessed the wind
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The boy who harnessed the wind
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Electric power production
Irrigation
Kamkwamba, William
Mechanical engineers
Windmills

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