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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard...
Author
Series
Amgash novels volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love...
Author
Series
Beacons of hope volume 2
Language
English
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"In 1865, Caroline has tended the Windmill Point Lighthouse in Michigan since her father's death, but her home and livelihood are threatened when a wounded Civil War veteran arrives to take her place."--
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Explaining how the wind works, what windmills have contributed to the past, and why they offer environmental promise today as a source of clean, renewable energy, this revised and updated edition offers a glimpse into all the current and historical uses for wind power. Featuring new information on wind energy technology and wind farms, new photographs, and 24 wind-related activities--from keeping track of household energy use and conducting science...
8) Wind power
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Publisher
Schiffer Pub. Ltd
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Wind power is today's most developed form of "green" energy on the planet. This comprehensive survey examines the history of wind power, from early people's technology to harness the wind for basic mechanical tasks (such as turning grain to flour) through today's "Wind Rush." The process of building a wind farm and the growth of offshore wind farms are included. Color imagery helps illuminate the text as well as inspire the imagination. An extensive...
14) Uncover history
Author
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Pig called Pete books volume 1
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Pete is no ordinary pig; he's purple instead of pink, he likes to take baths, and every night he flies around the world, visiting big cities."--T.p. verso.
20) Frisk
Author
Publisher
Grove Weidenfeld
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
"Possessed by the mystery of a series of fake snuff photographs he was shown as a teenager, Dennis, the narrator of 'Frisk', lives in a world where the rules of attraction have become a treasure hunt, and love is only a matching of images and body parts. In Holland, in a room in a windmill above a brewery, Dennis is freed from the need to respect feelings; the unimaginable becomes an idea, and the idea a reality."--Publisher description
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