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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Subtitle:
Young Readers Edition
Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology
Author:
KAMKWAMBA, WILLIAM
Editor::
Gilson, Kristin
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 13:
9780147510426
Price:
USD 8.99
Publication Year:
2016

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Penguin Random House US.

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Book Description

William Kamkwamba grew up in a tiny farming village in Malawi, Africa, without electricity. When a drought destroyed the crops and famine resulted, William's family could no longer afford his school tuition. He continued to study on his own, though, painstakingly translating an English science textbook and figuring out how to build a windmill out of old bike parts and other scraps.