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Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

The Boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2009. - 273 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

ISBN: 9780061730320 (hbk.) 0061730327 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2010275963

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography.
Inventors--Malawi--Biography.
Windmills--Malawi.
Water-supply, Rural--Malawi.
Rural electrification--Malawi.
Electric power production--Malawi.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Malawi--Rural conditions.

LC Class. No.: TJ140.K36 / A3 2009