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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba
Illustrator: Elizabeth Zunon
Ages: 6+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Dial/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-8037-3511-8
Keywords: Diversity, Malawi, Biography
The true story of fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba, who taught himself to build a windmill, thereby bringing electricity to his drought-stricken Malawi village. Oil and cut-paper illustrations.