The boy who harnessed the wind: creating currents of electricity and hope
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9780061730337
9781606867358
9780061992162
9780061730320
9781606867358
9780061992162
9780061730320
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6.4, 15 Points
Level 6.4, 15 Points
Lexile measure:
960L
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| Grouped Work ID | b060ac1c-9d97-e280-6b83-35d7839a0803 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | boy who harnessed the wind creating currents of electricity and hope |
| Grouping Author | william kamkwamba |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-05-14 05:07:23AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-05-14 05:14:11AM |
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Mealer, Bryan
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Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
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Mealer, Bryan
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Kamkwamba, William
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Southeast Regional
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Biography
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Southeast Regional - Biography
Southeast Regional - Biography
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A true story of tenacity and imagination describes how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors.
An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.
The story of how a teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity- and a future- to his family.
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Non Fiction
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Non Fiction
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B KAMKWAMB
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Wake County Public Libraries
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Duraleigh Road Community
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Southeast Regional
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9780061730337
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2010
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Harper Perennial
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Electric power production -- Malawi
Inventors -- Malawi
Kamkwamba, William
Malawi -- Rural conditions
Rural electrification -- Malawi
Water supply, Rural -- Malawi
Windmills -- Malawi
Inventors -- Malawi
Kamkwamba, William
Malawi -- Rural conditions
Rural electrification -- Malawi
Water supply, Rural -- Malawi
Windmills -- Malawi
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The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope
title_full
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; [map and illustrations in text by William Kamkwamba]
The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; [map and illustrations in text by William Kamkwamba]
title_short
The boy who harnessed the wind
title_sub
creating currents of electricity and hope
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Electric power production
Inventors
Juvenile Nonfiction
Kamkwamba, William
Rural conditions
Rural electrification
Water supply, Rural
Windmills
Inventors
Juvenile Nonfiction
Kamkwamba, William
Rural conditions
Rural electrification
Water supply, Rural
Windmills
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