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Author:

Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-

Title:

The power of one / Bryce Courtenay.

Edition:

Young readers' condensed ed.

Publisher:

Delacorte Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

291 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Self-confidence--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Boxing--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Prejudices--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Apartheid--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Prisons--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--South Africa--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
South Africa--Juvenile literature.--1909-1961--Fiction--Juvenile literature.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780385732543
9780385732543 (trade)
0385732546 (trade)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56598682

LCCN:

2004058258

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

MVPA943 -- Callender Heritage Public Library (Callender)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FKPA224 -- Farmersburg Public Library (Farmersburg)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)

TMPC492 -- Preston Public Library (Preston)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)