The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Book Cover. “the boy who harnessed the wind” tells the true story of william. One day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front cover.
'the boy who harnessed the wind is the inspiring story of a young man in africa who used the only. Boy who harnessed the wind. Fascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, william decided to build his own.
I can't stop thinking and talking about it.” — mary gleysteen, eagle harbor book company, bainbridge island, wa
Bryan mealer is the author of muck city and the new york times bestseller the boy who harnessed the wind, which he wrote with william kamkwamba. The boy who harnessed the wind is the inspiring autobiography of william kamkwamba, the boy from malawi who built a windmill out of spare parts from a junkyard to bring electricity to his family's home. As a fourteen year old, william kamkwamba hacked a windmill to provide electricity to his home. In william kamikaze’s the boy who harnessed the wind, the setting, point of view, and irony demonstrate the theme that persistence is necessary for reaching goals and having a successful life by showing the consequences of giving in to adversity.