Kamkwamba, William,

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - Guided Reading Program Nonfiction Focus Level P, Level 25 .

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - 6 Copies

"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"--

ISBN: 9780803735118 (hardback : acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2011021536

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Guided Reading
Guided Reading Level P
Guided Reading Level 25
Guided Reading Non-Fiction
Literary Non-Fiction
Mechanical engineers
Windmills
Electric power production
Irrigation
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects.

LC Class. No.: TJ140.K36 / A3 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 621.4/53096897