The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba with Bryan Mealer

270 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

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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 t...

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inspiring 90%
informative 67%
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emotional 48%
reflective 22%
sad 18%
adventurous 16%
challenging 14%
funny 8%
dark 6%
lighthearted 4%
tense 3%
relaxing 2%

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fast 14%

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