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The boy who harnessed the wind /

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"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Other Authors: Mealer, Bryan, Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2012]
Subjects:
Kamkwamba, William, > 1987- > Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers > Malawi > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Windmills > Malawi > Juvenile literature.
Electric power production > Malawi > Juvenile literature.
Irrigation > Malawi > Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects.
Mechanical engineers > Malawi > Biography.
Windmills > Malawi.
Electric power > Malawi.
Irrigation > Malawi.
Kamkwamba, William, > 1987-
Mechanical engineers.
Electric power production > Malawi.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: TJ140.K36 A3 2012
 
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