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.