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This book should be required reading in every school in America, starting in middle school. If you are a teacher with a unit on Africa, please add this to your curriculum. William's story starts when he is a teenager and is simply told but it speaks volumes. (He's my new hero.)
The book deals with so many subjects - family, poverty, governmental corruption, creativity, hope, AIDS, overcoming incredible hardship, ingenuity, perseverance, but it is not preachy. I highly recommend it for everyone 12 and older.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba
prof de francais, May 16, 2010
This book should be required reading in every school in America, starting in middle school. If you are a teacher with a unit on Africa, please add this to your curriculum. William's story starts when he is a teenager and is simply told but it speaks volumes. (He's my new hero.)The book deals with so many subjects - family, poverty, governmental corruption, creativity, hope, AIDS, overcoming incredible hardship, ingenuity, perseverance, but it is not preachy. I highly recommend it for everyone 12 and older.
(4 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)