The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas.
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TextPublisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2015Edition: Young readers editionDescription: 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780147510426
- 0147510422 :
- 9780605929975
- 0605929971
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987- -- Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi
- Windmills -- Malawi
- Electric power production -- Malawi
- Irrigation -- Malawi
- Mechanical engineers -- Malawi
- Windmills -- Malawi
- Electric power production -- Malawi
- Irrigation -- Malawi
- 621.4/53096897 23
- TJ140.K36 A3 2015
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Riverfield Country Day School Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | FIC Kam (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | shelved in FIC K | RCDS95011435 |
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William Kamkwamba details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his desperately poor village in Africa when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.
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