Boy who harnessed the wind

By:

Kamkwamba, William

Contributor(s):

Mealer, Bryan [Co-author]

Publication details: Penguin Random House, 2012 New York:Description: 293p. : ill. ; pb. ; 19cmISBN:

9780803735118

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

621.453096897 KAM

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Children Collection	IIT Gandhinagar	General	621.453096897 KAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		CC1412

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

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