The boy who harnessed the wind
(Book)
Author:
Contributors:
Published:
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2012].
ISBN:
9780803735118, 0803735111
Physical Desc:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Points: 0.5
Lexile measure:
850L
Status:
Description
"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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Subjects
LC Subjects
Electric power -- Malawi.
Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi.
Kamkwamba, William, -- 1987- -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography.
Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Windmills -- Malawi.
Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Irrigation -- Malawi.
Kamkwamba, William, -- 1987- -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography.
Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature.
Windmills -- Malawi.
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Format:
Book
Language:
Unknown
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 5.3, 0.5 Points
Level 5.3, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
850
Notes
Description
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Kamkwamba, W., Mealer, B., & Zunon, E. (2012). The boy who harnessed the wind. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kamkwamba, William, 1987-, Bryan. Mealer and Elizabeth, Zunon. 2012. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Kamkwamba, William, 1987-, Bryan. Mealer and Elizabeth, Zunon, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kamkwamba, William, et al. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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