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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.
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Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Children, Conduct of life, Prisons, Apartheid, Boxing, Prejudices, Self-confidence, History, Boxing stories, Juvenile fiction, Historical Fiction, Sports, South africa, fiction, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Afrikaners, Success in children, Boarding schools, Courage, Loneliness, War stories, History, 1909-1961, SOUTH AFRICAPlaces
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1909-1961Showing 5 featured editions. View all 18 editions?
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The Power of One
2007, Laurel-Leaf Books
in English
- Young Readers' Condensed Edition
0440239133 9780440239130
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The power of one
2005, Delacorte Press
in English
- Young readers' condensed ed.
0385732546 9780385732543
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The Power of One: The Classic Novel of South Africa
November 2003, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Hardcover
in English
060629645X 9780606296458
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The power of one
1996, Ballantine Books
in English
- 1st Ballantine Books trade ed.
034541005X 9780345410054
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August 12, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
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