The power of one /

Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-

The power of one / Bryce Courtenay. - Young readers' condensed ed., 1st Laurel-Leaf ed. - New York : Laurel-Leaf, 2007. - 373 p. ; 18 cm. - Laurel-leaf books .

First published: Australia : William Heinemann, 1989. Condensed version first published: Australia : Penguin Books, 1999.

School Library Journal, November 2005 Booklist, September 2005 Horn Book, April 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2005 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2005 Library Media Connection, January 2006

A boy in South Africa during World War II, Peekay turns to two men, one black and one white, to show him how to find the courage to dream, to succeed, to triumph over a world when all seems lost.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources



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Self-confidence--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Boxing--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Apartheid--Fiction.
Prisons--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--South Africa--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


South Africa--History--Fiction.

PZ7.C83157 / Po 2007

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