The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer • Related Editions: See others
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 90,073
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 139960, 15.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography
- Water-supply, Rural--Malawi
- Malawi--Rural conditions
- Inventors--Malawi--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Windmills--Malawi
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
- Technology & Engineering | Power Resources | Alternative & Renewable
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Electric power production--Malawi
- Rural electrification--Malawi
- Lists With This Book
- Literary Science, K-5
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Alex Awards, 1998-2023
Winner, 2010
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