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Author Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

Title The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.

Edition First Harper Perennial edition.
Publication Info. New York : Harper Perennial, 2010.
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO KAMKWAMB    DUE 05-18-24
 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO KAMKWAMB    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO KAMKWAMB    DUE 05-13-24
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Description 290, 16 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm
Note Reprint. Originally published: New York : William Morrow, c2009.
"P.S. insights, interviews & more--"--Cover.
Summary Relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.
Subject Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Windmills -- Malawi.
Mechanical engineers -- Malawi -- Biography.
Inventors -- Malawi -- Biography.
Rural electrification -- Malawi.
Water-supply, Rural -- Malawi.
Electric power production -- Malawi.
Malawi -- Rural conditions.
Added Author Mealer, Bryan.
ISBN 9780061730337 (pbk.)
0061730335 (pbk.)
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