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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Author: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Amazon Best of the Month, September 2009: Discarded motor parts, PVC pipe, and an old bicycle wheel may be junk to most people, but in the inspired hands of William Kamkwamba, they are instruments of opportunity. Growing up amid famine and poverty in rural Malawi, wind was one of the few abundant resources available, and the inventive fourteen-y...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780062020055
ISBN-10: 0062020056
Pages: 273
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is an unbelievably inspiring story that makes me want to putter in my garage until I've invented an alternative energy source. What he did was so simple and so brilliant, and the stuff he taught himself about electricity just blows me away. Coiling his own whatever-ma-callits to increase voltage, and making his own circuit breakers out of magnets and ball point pens. He's like a real-life MacGyver.
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reviewed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind on + 11 more book reviews
A heart-rending story, full of hope and promise. Has the same life affirming message that Unbroken and Boys in the Boat. Well written and a remarkable story
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Very nice story about determination and circumstance. We should take nothing for granted.