The power of one
by
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012.
Title
:
The power of one
Author
:
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012.
ISBN
:
9780440239130
Personal Author
:
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012.
Edition
:
Young readers' condensed ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2007, ©1989.
Physical Description
:
373 pages ; 18 cm
General Note
:
"First Laurel-Leaf edition"--Title page verso.
"Unabridged version first published in hardcover in Australia by William Heinemann in 1989. Condensed version originally published in hardcover in Australia by Penguin Books, Ltd, Sydney, in 1999"--Title page verso.
Abstract
:
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
Reading Level
:
5.8.
Subject Term
:
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Boxing stories.
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
Apartheid -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Boxing -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Apartheid -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Juvenile fiction.
South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Fiction.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025796547 | 823.3 C863P 1989 | 1 | On-Shelf Student |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025796554 | 823.3 C863P 1989 | 2 | On-Shelf Student |