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Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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29 February 2016
304 Pages
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A life-changing plan.  When William Kamkwamba was a young teen, a terrible famine struck his tiny village in Malawi, Africa. The loss of crops left his family with nothing to eat or sell. Without money, William was forced to drop out of school.  Fortunately, William found hope in the village library. There, he came up with an idea that would change the lives of the people around him. He would build a windmill.  Made from junkyard scraps, William's amazing creation would bring electricity to his home. It would help his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. And it would turn this ordinary African teenager into a hero known all around the world as the boy who harnessed the wind.

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A life-changing plan.  When William Kamkwamba was a young teen, a terrible famine struck his tiny village in Malawi, Africa. The loss of crops left his family with nothing to eat or sell. Without money, William was forced to drop out of school.  Fortunately, William found hope in the village library. There, he came up with an idea that would change the lives of the people around him. He would build a windmill.  Made from junkyard scraps, William's amazing creation would bring electricity to his home. It would help his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. And it would turn this ordinary African teenager into a hero known all around the world as the boy who harnessed the wind.

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