SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY & STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old his family told him that he must leave school & come home to work on the farm
- they could no longer afford his fees This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference how he bought light to his family & village & hope to his nation Malawi is a country battling AIDS drought & famine & in 2002 a season of floods followed by the most severe famine in fifty years brought it to its knees Like the majority of the population William's family were farmers They were totally reliant on the maize crop By the end of 2001 after many lean & difficult years there was no more crop They were running out of food
- had nothing to sell
- & had months until they would be able to harvest their crop again Forced to leave school at 14 years old with no hope of raising the funds to go again William resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his education One day browsing the titles he picked up a book about energy with a picture of a wind turbine on the front cover Fascinated by science & electricity but knowing little more about the technology William decided to build his own Ridiculed by those around him & exhausted from his work in the fields every day & using nothing more than bits of scrap metal old bicycle parts & wood from the blue gum tree he slowly built his very own windmill This windmill has changed the world in which William & his family live Only 2 per cent of Malawi has electricity; William's windmill now powers the lightbulbs & radio for his compound He has since built more windmills for his school & his village When news of William's invention spread people from across the globe offered to help him Soon he was re-enrolled in college & travelling to America to visit wind farms This is his incredible story William's dream is that other African's will learn to help themselves
- one windmill & one light bulb at a time
- & that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers & use the internet & see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the library




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The second book in a wonderfully funny & sparky series illustrated by award-winning artist Sara Ogilvie' My favourite sort of book
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A boy ignores those who tell him he will be harmed by looking directly at the sun until he finally realizes that he must take care of himself 16 pages 10 Halftones color; 10 Illustrations color Ttofa Juliette ...

The boy in this debut picture book is fascinated by bees & is puzzled & saddened when they disappear one rainy day What can have caused them to leave & is there anything he can do to get his bumble back? 32 pages 32 Illustrations color Esberger Trudi ...

CURSED! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady's cane But when the plan backfires he is the one whom she 'curses' Now David can't seem to do anything right The cool kids taunt him & his only friends are weirdos He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! & when he finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl his trousers fall down midway! But is this the curse at work or is David turning into a total loser? Another witty & very clever tale by the master storyteller Louis Sachar Other titles in this series are THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM & DOGS DON'T TELL JOKES ...

The second book in an electrifying new thriller series from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Toyne Only one boy can see the darkness Only one man can save him from it Finishing what was begun' These are the words written in blood beside the body of an elderly tailor who has been tortured & murdered in the ancient town of Cordes He leaves behind a cryptic message for his granddaughter & her son Leo
- one that puts them in immediate danger When the mother & child are forced to go on the run accompanied by the enigmatic Solomon Creed they find themselves hunted across France on a journey that will take them into the heart of Europe's violent past What begins as small-town murder will become a race to uncover a devastating secret dating from World War II The few men who know the truth are being killed by a powerful organization & only one man stands in its way Only Solomon Creed can stop the murders Only he can save the boy
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The Boy Who Saw True is based on the diary entries of a young Victorian boy whose extraordinary supernatural talent reveals itself within these pages By turns naive insightful funny & moving it is an extremely convincing account of a precocious paranormal talent & all the more persuasive because the young diarist never sets out to win over his readers Born with incredible clairvoyant powers the anonymous author could see auras & spirits yet failed to realise that other people were not similarly gifted This remarkable book has become a paranormal classic ...

Multi-award-winning author David Almond brings us a joyfully life-affirming & fabulously fishy tale about one boy's journey from anguish to joy Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear his Uncle Ernie develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish Suddenly their home is filled with the sound of clanging machinery & the stench of mackerel & Uncle Ernie's obsession reaches such heights that he would even can Stan's beloved goldfish! Stan however has his own destiny which leads him
- via a hook-a-duck stall
- to Pancho Pirelli the blue-caped madman who swims with piranhas & as Stan delves into the waters he finally discovers who he really can be

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They say magic is long-gone but is it? A chain of fantastical mishaps in schoolboy Bert's dull life spiral out of control
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Written by a recipient of a Mac Arthur award gained for her pioneering work on the storytelling technique & its use in the classroom this book focuses on the challenge posed by the isolated child to teachers & classmates alike in the community of the classroom It is the story of Jason
- the loner & outsider
- & his ultimate triumph & homecoming into the society of his classmates As the reader follows Jason's struggle it can be seen how the classroom is a crucible within which the young discover themselves & learn to confront new problems in their daily experience The book is an essay on the practice of teaching young children & the author uses children's stories as a vehicle of instruction

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