Author(s): William Kamkwamba,Bryan Mealer,Elizabeth Zunon
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Dial Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2012-01-19
Dimensions: 236 x 282 x 10mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Reprint
Illustrations: Illustrations, color

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.