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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kamkwamba, William, 1987-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kamkwamba, William, 1987-       by title:      The boy who harnesse...         MARC Display

The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. by Kamkwamba, William, 1987- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012. 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. ISBN:  9780803735118 (hardback : acid-free paper) 0803735111 (hardback : acid-free paper) Description:  1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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 build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library J -- Juvenile Biography B Kamkwamba Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library J -- Juvenile Biography B Kamkwamba Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mountain View P/S Library J -- Juvenile Biography B Kamkwamba Checked In Add Copy to MyList North Kohala Public Library J -- Juvenile Biography B Kamkwamba Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library J -- Juvenile Biography B Kamkwamba Ka Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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