The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Edition)
by Kamkwamba, William
Biographies/AutobiographiesAfricaInventorsCanadian Children's Book CentreCoop. Children's Book CenterWheatley TextsJunior Library Guild SelectionNSTA/CBC Outstanding Science
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AR Book Level
5.3
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,351
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
148136 EN
About this book
William Kamkwamba details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his desperately poor village in Africa when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts. The coauthor is Bryan Mealer.