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Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. - 1st Harper Perennial ed. - New York : Harper Perennial, 2010, c2009. - 290 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

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The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.

Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 960L Lexile.

Alex Award, 2010

ISBN: 9780061730337 (pbk.) 9780329843885 (Follett bdg.) 0061730335 0329843885

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Inventors--Malawi.
Windmills--Malawi.
Water supply, rural--Malawi.
Rural electrification--Malawi.
Electric power production--Malawi.
Inventors--Malawi.
Windmills--Malawi.
Water supply--Malawi.
Rural electrification--Malawi.
Electrification--Malawi.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Malawi--Rural conditions.
Malawi--Rural conditions.

LC Class. No.: TJ140.K36 / A3 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 609/.2