The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (MTI): Young Readers Edition

Age Range: 10及以上 

Paperback: 304页

出版社: Puffin Books; Media Tie In (2019年3月26日)

语种： English

ISBN-10: 1984816128

ISBN-13: 978-1984816122

产品尺寸及重量: 13 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm

作品简介

Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.

When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.

Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.

马拉维,一个非洲小国，巫术盛行，饱受干旱、饥荒、瘟疫和艾滋病困扰，只有百分之二的人能用上电,唯一不缺的只有风。 十四岁的少年坎宽巴决定自己打造一架发电的风车。辍学的他，在废品场里收集废铜烂铁，借来爸爸的自行车轮胎、村长家的胶管，依靠乡村图书馆的一本《利用能源》，经过多次 “疯狂”的试验,终于造起一架梦想中的风车。 他的风车不仅让家人跻身仅占马拉维百分之二的有电人口，更为他自己争取到重回校园的机会，他的事迹也通过媒体渐渐地获得了世界的关注。“我尝试过，我做到了！”成为一句流行语,而坎宽巴也将目光放到了改变家乡命运的更高目标上。

编辑/媒体推荐

"[An] inspiring story of curiosity and ingenuity." — Publishers Weekly

"This book will appeal to adults eager to impart an uplifting Third World human-interest story, but it is also sure to resonate with children who will simply love the curiosity, resilience and resourcefulness of this doughty African youth." — Wall Street Journal

"A powerful, gorgeously illustrated children's picture book." — The Boston Globe

"This is a dynamic portrait of a young person whose connection to the land, concern for his community, and drive to solve problems offer an inspiring model." — School Library Journal

"Zunon illustrates handsomely, with contrasting cut-paper-collage details and broad, sere landscapes painted in visibly textured oils." — Kirkus

"This picture book in accessible free verse will draw kids who love to construct their own engineering gadgets." — Booklist

Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s 2013 Best-of-the-year list. — CCBC

作者简介

William Kamkwamba recently graduated from Dartmouth College. The original version of his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was a New York Times Bestseller and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. He divides his time between Malawi and San Francisco, California.

1987年8月5日出生于非洲马拉维的多瓦小镇。他14岁辍学，开始自学物理，摸索风车发电机的发明的制作方法，三年后试验成功，随后不断改进，19岁时被美国教授发现，他发明风车的事迹广为人知，得到重回校园的机会。20岁时，他受邀参加世界顶级精英汇聚的TED（科技、娱乐与设计）论坛，21岁时，在世界经济论坛非洲会议上发表演讲。如今他就读于美国新罕布什尔州的达特茅斯学院。

Bryan Mealer is the author of Muck City and the New York Times bestseller The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, which he wrote with William Kamkwamba. Since publication, the book has received many honors and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Mealer is also the author of All Things Must Fight to Live, which chronicled his years covering the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Harper's and the Associated Press. His forthcoming book, The Kings of Big Spring, a multi-generational saga about his family in West Texas, will be published by Flatiron Books in early 2018. He and his family live in Austin.

自由撰稿人，另著有《为生存而斗争：刚果的战争和救援故事》等。曾做过新闻记者，在《哈泼斯》和《君子》等知名杂志任职。