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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

by William Kamkwamba

Ages 9–12 Reading age 10 Novel Set in outdoors and wild places thoughtfulwarm

Pulled out of school when the harvest fails, a Malawian boy teaches himself from library books and builds a windmill from scrap to power his home.

A story about children and families, thoughtful and warm in tone. We would put it with children of 9–12, and at a reading age of about 10 for reading alone.

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