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Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world.Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, makes new friends, collects cacti and plays the piano. Above all, he learns to think with his head and then with his heart. He discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to that this is the power of one.
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The Power of One, Bryce Courtenay
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The Power of One
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bryce Courtenay
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Australia
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 360
- ISBN10
- 0141304898
- ISBN13
- 9780141304892
- Series
- The Power of One
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Classics, Relationships, World War II, Society, Culture and Society, Africa, Coming Of Age, Race, Racism, Fate, South Africa, Boys, Colonialism, Outsider, Spring, Boxing, Colonization, settlement, Orphanhood
- First published
- 1989
- Original title
- The Power of one
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
- Description
- Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world.Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, makes new friends, collects cacti and plays the piano. Above all, he learns to think with his head and then with his heart. He discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to that this is the power of one.