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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.
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.

Available copies

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

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  • 0 current holds with 44 total copies.
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Marion Library 621.312 KAM (Text) 37810434839949 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 621.453 K (Text) 39493106609789 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Main Library B Kamkwamba (Text) 34269001026468 Adult Biography Available -
Anderson Creek Public Library B KAMKWAMBA Kam (Text) 33630003971061 Adult Biography Available -
Ashe County Public Library B KAMKWAMBA (Text) 50503300226877 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library JNFIC 621.4 KAM (Text) 31111002621744 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
BHM Headquarters Library B Kamkwamba W (Text) 38344101378824 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Black Mountain Library YA 621.312136 KAM (Text) 0020508551999 Young Adult Nonfiction Available -
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