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The boy who harnessed the wind
Title:
The boy who harnessed the wind
Author:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987- author.
ISBN:
9780803740808

9780147510426
Personal Author:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987- author.
Edition:
Young readers edition.
Physical Description:
293 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Abstract:
Presents a story of how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors.
Personal Subject:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987--Juvenile literature.

Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Subject Term:
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Inventors -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.

Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.

Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.

Mechanical engineers.

Inventors.

Windmills -- Malawi.

Electric power production -- Malawi.

Irrigation -- Malawi.
Added Author:
Mealer, Bryan.

Hymas, Anna,

Kamkwamba, William. Boy who harnessed the wind Adaptation of (expression):
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