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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba,

Bryan Mealer

Start date: March 1, 2016

Finish date: March 31, 2016

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

Why we're reading this: World Lit Group Read (Sub-Sahara) - Mar 2016
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Group Read Archive 2014-16

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Mar 16, 2016 Genna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: world-lit

In the United States even the poorest among us still have more than William Kambwamba. We go through our daily lives distracted by insignificant junk that breaks and we throw away and never see again. We never think about what can be done with this junk, can it be fixed, or how does it work. This is mostly due to the fact that most things are cheaper to buy a new one than fix. This story is an excellent example of a mind that could have been lost due to lack of money. This is the story around a ...more

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Mar 23, 2016 Ivy rated it really liked it

Shelves: checked-out-from-library, published-in-2012, 2016-challenges, march-challenges, read-in-march-for-groups

This is the book that was chosen for the 2016 world literature group challenge read. March - Sub-Sahara.

4.5 stars

Not bad. Nice short story. Glad he was able to make electric wind.

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