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Loading... The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (original 2009; edition 2009)by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Work detailsThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba (2009)
What a cool true story and it really serves as an eye opening experience to read about the tremendous struggles faced even today in Africa. I guess any story of this style does some good in that it reminds that not everyone is living so well as we are. Also it highlights the importance of education and ingenuity in the overcoming of life's difficult struggles. Great story. (  ) matthewbloome | May 19, 2013 |  If you haven't read it yet - DO SO ! Great true story. You need to read it. Read in 2010. (  ) CasaBooks | Apr 28, 2013 | This story is based on the life of William Kamkwamba. I was saddened by the story but inspired by William's inquisitive nature which propelled him to build a windmill in spite of his fellow villagers referring to him as "misala". I enjoyed it. Good for teaching children about hardships and how to overcome them and introducing them to a multicultural world. ( ) winterbower | Apr 6, 2013 | An excellent adaptation of the adult book for young readers. An inspiring story. ( ) Sullywriter | Apr 3, 2013 | It was a well written book that laid the groundwork well for what was to happen, it told William's story very well. It was great to see that even though he wasn't given the advantages in life that he had a plan, and although it got sidelined at times, that he persevered. It is sad to see that there are places in the world that don't even come close to having the advantages that we do. This was a very though provoking book. ( ) Cubbyfan99 | Apr 3, 2013 |
 An autobiography so moving that it is almost impossible to read without tears. In understated and simple prose, Kamkwamba and Mealer offer readers a tour through one Malawian boy’s inspiring life. With so many tales of bloody hopelessness coming out of Africa, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind reads like a novel with a happy ending, even though it’s just the beginning for this remarkable young man, now 21 years old.  This exquisite tale strips life down to its barest essentials, and once there finds reason for hopes and dreams, and is especially resonant for Americans given the economy and increasingly heated debates over health care and energy policy.
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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.
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