The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation)
by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, and Elizabeth Zunon • Related Edition: Original
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- Grade
- PK-4
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 2012
Word Count 1,351
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 148136, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Mechanical engineers
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Afric
- Malawi
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Irrigation
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects
- Electric power production--Malawi--Juvenile literature
- Kamkwamba, William, 1987---Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Expe
- Irrigation--Malawi--Juvenile literature
- Electric power production
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
- Windmills--Malawi--Juvenile literature
- Windmills
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
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About the Authors 8
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2013
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Selection, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
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