Across
- 5. thick cornmeal porridge eaten as a ball
- 8. William's uncle and Geoffrey's dad; died from Tuberculosis
- 9. form of magic that delivered superhuman strength
- 11. A machine that generates electricity
- 13. William's uncle who lost his job on a tobacco farm
- 15. A disease of chronic malnutrition caused by a lack of protein and resulting in swelling of the arms, legs and belly
- 16. William's dog
- 19. William's cousin and close friend; has to work the maize fields in Chimpumba
- 22. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
- 23. librarian
Down
- 1. an acute, often fatal, intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
- 2. gas released from biological materials like rotting organic matter that William hopes to use for cooking fuel
- 3. William's secondary school
- 4. a long period without rain
- 6. The major language of Malawi
- 7. day labor
- 10. caught from burning maize stalks and eaten as a snack
- 12. William's family crop
- 14. Ivy League college in New Hampshire that William attended
- 17. a failed invention of William's
- 18. money in Malawi
- 20. what William and Geoffrey fixed
- 21. bought William nuts and bolts and the dynamo for his windmill (250 kwacha)