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Item Nr: B 114686 Title: Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Grade Lvl: P Author: Kamkwamba, William
Length: 32 Prod/Pub: Dial Books for Young Readers
Copyright: 2012 Series:
Book Type: NP Biographee: Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Copies: 5 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Simple text and pictures tell the true story of how fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba of Malawi taught himself English so that he could read science books and learn how to build a windmill, giving electricity and a means for transporting water to his people. Mechanical engineers Malawi. Windmills Malawi. Electric power production Malawi. Outstanding Science Trade Book - 2013. AR 5.3 RC 6.3 Lexile 910 IL 1-3.

  Subjects:
  19 - AFRICA
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  413 - DROUGHTS
  451 - ENGINEERING/ENGINEERING RELATED
  643 - IRRIGATION
  1679 - LEXILE 900-999
  1795 - MALAWI
  158 - RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES