Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. - 1st Harper Perennial ed. - New York : Harper Perennial, 2010. - 290, 16 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : William Morrow, c2009. "P.S. insights, interviews & more--"--Cover.

Relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.

ISBN: 9780061730337 (pbk.) 0061730335 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Windmills--Malawi.
Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography.
Inventors--Malawi--Biography.
Rural electrification--Malawi.
Water-supply, Rural--Malawi.
Electric power production--Malawi.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Malawi--Rural conditions.

LC Class. No.: TJ140.K36 / A3 2010