Bibliograph

The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas

Type

Label

The boy who harnessed the wind, William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

860, Lexile

resource.interestGradeLevel

678, Childrens Plus, Inc

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The boy who harnessed the wind

Responsibility statement

William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; illustrated by Anna Hymas

Summary

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: He could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land

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