This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and every once in a while they even write home to say what they've been doing.

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Hardcover with dust jacket from a booksale at the McCully library. (Larger photo here.)

I read an e-book version of this in 2016 and this is what I said about it then:

An inspiring success story: I am very much not mechanically minded, so I found myself a bit jealous of William's ability to build things that *work*! When a famine forces him to drop out of school, William spends part of his time in the local library reading whatever he can get his hands on. Then he finds a primer on electricity and decides to try to build a windmill to generate electricity for his home. Many of William's fellow villagers initially make fun of him, but once his windmill starts working, they change their tune. His ingenuity is rewarded when he is interviewed by outsiders. They help him attend a TED conference as a speaker and go back to school. Since that time, his website indicates that he has done quite well: graduating from Dartmouth and helping to improve the lives of the people in his village.

This book is a great example of what someone with imagination and motivation can achieve - with the help of some lucky breaks and a lot of hard work.

For those of you doing geography-based reading challenges: this book is set in Malawi.

Reserved for booklady331's nonfiction VBB (round 6).

Reclaimed from booklady331's nonfiction VBB; now available.

Added to Mom’s TBR stack...and now she's done, so it's available to travel.

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Themes for the third quarter re-do of Secretariat's 2018 Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Release Challenge:

Week 35: biographies & memoirs

Saturday, September 29, 2018: left in the LFL. (Larger photo here.)

Released for Secretariat's 2018 NJABBIC Challenge (week 39: 3rd quarter re-do).

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I'm so glad you've found this book!

Please take a moment to make a journal entry and let this book's previous readers know that it's safe with you.

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

It's now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!

Saturday, October 13, 2018: relocated from the very full LFL #48023 near Ruger Market to the (currently) emptier one across from Liholiho School.

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I'm so glad you've found this book!

Please take a moment to make a journal entry and let this book's previous readers know that it's safe with you.

How and where did you find the book? What did you think of it? What are you going to do with it next?

It's now your book, for you to do with as you please: keep it, pass it to a friend, or maybe even leave it where someone else can find it!

If you've ever wondered where your books go after they leave your hands, join BookCrossing and you may find out: you'll be able to follow your books as new readers make journal entries - sometimes from surprisingly far-flung locations.

BookCrossing: making the whole world a library!