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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba,

Bryan Mealer

Start date: September 15, 2018

Finish date: October 15, 2018

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Feb 13, 2010 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: creativity, poverty, learning, adventure

There is hope in the world. This is the story of hope. William Kamkwamba tells the story of his life growing up in a tiny African country where most people struggle, now and then, with obtaining enough to eat. No electricity, no water, no amenities. Kamkwamba’s family hasn’t enough money during the famine to send him to school so he hangs out at the small library and there he learns how to use wind power to make electricity. Amazing story.

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Oct 19, 2015 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: travel-the-world

William Kamkwamba grew up in a small village in Malawi, that had no running water or electricity. He finished primary school, but because of a famine that ravaged Malawi when he was to enter secondary school, his family could not afford to send him to school. He spent his time in the tiny local library, and he found a book on physics that helped him to learn how to make a windmill.

I really liked this book, and very inspired by it. William always wanted to know how things worked and why. He love ...more

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