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The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

Kamkwamba, William, 1987- (Author). Mealer, Bryan. (Added Author).

Summary:

An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0061730327
  • ISBN: 0061730335
  • ISBN: 9780061730320
  • ISBN: 9780061730337
  • ISBN: 9780061730337
  • Physical Description: 273 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, [2009]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Mealer, Bryan
Target Audience Note:
960L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.4 15 139960.
Awards Note:
Alex Award, 2010.

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Subject:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Electric power production > Malawi.
Inventors > Malawi > Biography.
Mechanical engineers > Malawi > Biography.
Rural electrification > Malawi.
Water-supply, Rural > Malawi.
Windmills > Malawi.
Malawi > Rural conditions.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 43 of 44 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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