The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Hardcover
Descriere
When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.
Despre autor
William Kamkwamba este un inventator, inginer și autor din Malawi. A devenit cunoscut în țara sa în 2001, când a construit o turbină eoliană pentru a alimenta mai multe aparate electrice în casa familiei sale din Wimbe, la 23 de kilometri (14 mile) est de Kasungu, folosind copaci de gumă albastră, piese de bicicletă și materiale colectate dintr-un depozit de fier vechi.