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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Courier New">All things are made possible when
your dreams are powered by your heart.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>William Kamkwamba.</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT face="Courier New">The Alpena County George N.
Fletcher Public Library has chosen William Kamkwamba’s <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind</I> as this
year’s Alpena Reads book. <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
style='face: "Courier' new?>Tickets for William Kamkwamba’s Alpena Reads author
talk are now on sale at the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library.
Tickets may also be purchased online at www.alpenalibrary.org or by calling
989-356-6188, ext. 10. Tickets are $10 each. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Courier New">William’s true-life story is amazing. In 2000, when he was
thirteen years old, famine struck his home country of Malawi. His family went
hungry and lost their livelihood when the crops failed. The following year he
was forced to drop out of school because his family could no longer afford his
tuition. Fearing a life of ignorance and poverty, the young teen turned to the
tiny three-shelf library in his village in search of books he hoped would help
him keep up with his friends. In these books, he found his dream: He would build
a windmill that would produce power to light his home and irrigate his family’s
crops. With insufficient English skills and no teacher, he taught himself the
basics of physics and electrical engineering using diagrams in the books. At
fourteen, against all odds, he built an electricity-generating windmill that
eventually drew the attention of the world.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Courier New">Kamkwamba’s visit will be the culmination of a community-wide
read of his book <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Boy Who Harnessed
the Wind</I>, a non-fiction account of how famine and hardship in his home
country of Malawi inspired Kamkwamba to build a windmill that changed his life
and his community<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">.
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face="Courier New">More information is available on the Library’s website (<A
href="http://www.alpenalibrary.org">www.alpenalibrary.org</A>) or by calling
989.356.6188</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Eric
Magness-Eubank<BR>Library Director <BR>Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public
Library<BR>emeacl@alpenalibrary.org<BR>989.356.6188 ex
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