The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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.