The Electric Wind: William Kamkwamba

In the shadow of a devastating famine, one boy looked at a scrapyard and saw a future powered by the sky. William Kamkwamba was only fourteen years old when a catastrophic drought forced him to drop out of school and left his village of Masitala in a desperate struggle for survival. While the central plains of Malawi descended into hunger and darkness, William sought refuge in the quiet corners of a community library. There, among the pages of a tattered science textbook, he discovered a blueprint for a miracle. Using nothing but rusted tractor parts, discarded bicycle frames, and melted PVC pipes, William set out to build a machine that his neighbors dismissed as madness: a windmill that would capture the very air and turn it into life-giving electricity. The Electric Wind is the definitive account of the boy who harnessed the wind. Moving from the red-dust fields of Wimbe to the global stage of TED and the hallowed halls of the Ivy League, this book is a profound exploration of grassroots ingenuity and the resilience of the human spirit. It is a powerful reminder that the solutions to the world's greatest challenges are often found in the most unexpected places, fueled by the enduring force of curiosity and the wind that never stops. Approx. 140 pages, 33200 word count