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📘 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer

At fourteen, William Kamkwamba faces famine in his Malawian village. With school unaffordable, he educates himself in a library about electricity. Discovering that a motor and generator share the same parts, he attaches a cassette player motor to a pinwheel and powers a radio with wind energy. Realizing the broader potential, he constructs a wind turbine from scrap that supplies evening light and pumps water for a second crop, helping to avert famine. Bryan Mealer recounts William’s journey in first‑person narrative, offering a vivid account of rural hardship, resourcefulness, and the impact of government policies on food security.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography

Authors: Bryan Mealer

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