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Age Range
10 - 14
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2016-01-05
Page Count
304
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Grade Level
5th - 9th
ISBN
9780147510426
Lexile
860
Themes
perserverance
ingenuity

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Readers Edition)

Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer and Illustrated by Anna Hymas

When a devastating drought wiped out every crop his family had, fourteen year old William Kamkwamba refused to give up. Armed with nothing but curiosity and a stack of science books from his village library, he came up with an idea so bold that his neighbors thought he had lost his mind. Using scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William built a windmill that brought electricity to his home and hope to his entire village. Could one determined boy with a wild idea actually change the world around him?

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Age Range
10 - 14
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2016-01-05
Page Count
304
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Grade Level
5th - 9th
ISBN
9780147510426
Lexile
860
Themes
perserverance
ingenuity
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