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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
An amazing, touching, and inspiring story about a boy who grew up in a village in Malawi, who, despite poverty and famine and other challenges, managed to self-taught himself to build a windmill and generate electricity for his house.
In this book we follow William from his childhood, being introduced slowly to the Malawi culture, then to his family—the farm and its challenges, including the heartbreaking famine that hit Malawi in 2002. After the famine, his family didn't have any money left to keep William at school, but instead of being discouraged, William conducted a self-study in the local library and nurtured his innate curiosity about how things work. With trials and errors he managed to build the windmill that later changed his life.
In this book we follow William from his childhood, being introduced slowly to the Malawi culture, then to his family—the farm and its challenges, including the heartbreaking famine that hit Malawi in 2002. After the famine, his family didn't have any money left to keep William at school, but instead of being discouraged, William conducted a self-study in the local library and nurtured his innate curiosity about how things work. With trials and errors he managed to build the windmill that later changed his life.