The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope.
by Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0007316186
- ISBN 13
- 9780007316182
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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Synopsis
When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28694
- Title
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope.
- Author
- Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st UK ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007316186
- ISBN 13
- 9780007316182
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- science, technology, environment, weather, wind power, windmills, physics, electricity, society, africa, malawi
- Bookseller catalogs
- TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTERS;
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