When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba’s Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone’s crops began to fail. His family didn’t have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes.
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- ISBN: 9780803735118
- Authors: Kamkwamba, William; Mealer, Bryan
- Illustrator: Zunon, Elizabeth
- Published: 2012 , Dial Books for Young Readers
- Themes: Determination, Family, Villages
- Descriptors: Africa, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Malawi, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 32