The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The NewYorkTimes bestsellingmemoiroftheheroicyounginventorwhobroughtelectricitytohisMalawianvillageadaptedforyoungreaders.Nowavailableinpaperback!WhenaterribledroughtstruckWilliamKamkwamba'stinyvillageinMalawi,hisfamilylostalloftheseason'scrops,leavingthemwithnothingtoeatandnothingtosell.Williambegantoexploresciencebooksinhisvillagelibrary,lookingforasolution.There,hecameupwiththeideathatwouldchangehisfamily'slifeforever:hecouldbuildawindmill.Madeoutofscrapmetalandoldbicycleparts,William'swindmillbroughtelectricitytohishomeandhelpedhisfamilypumpthewatertheyneededtofarmtheland.Retoldforayoungeraudience,thisexcitingmemoirshowshow,eveninadesperatesituation,oneboy'sbrilliantideacanlightuptheworld.Completewithphotographs,illustrations,andanepiloguethatwillbringreadersuptodateonWilliam'sstory,thisistheperfecteditiontoreadandsharewiththewholefamily.,