The boy who harnessed the wind /

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...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-, Mealer, Bryan
Barnmedia
English
New York : Puffin Books, 2015
Young readers edition
Beskrivning
Sammanfattning: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.
Fysisk beskrivning:293 sidor 20 cm
ISBN:9780147510426
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