The boy who harnessed the wind
By: William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon
Contributors: Mealer, Bryan; Zunon, Elizabeth, ill
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803735118
Subjects: Irrigation; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects; Windmills; JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General; Electric power production; Juvenile literature; Biography; Mechanical engineers
Description: "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"--