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REVIEWS: The Boy Who
Harnessed The Wind
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The Guardian
Plugged In
GoodReads
Book Companion
This is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance
about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his
Malawian village. 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.
Characters: 92. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Young
Adult/Memoir.
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