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The power of one Cover Image Book Book

The power of one

Courtenay, Bryce 1933-2012 (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 0440239133
  • ISBN: 9780440239130 (pbk)
  • Physical Description: print
    373 p. ; 18 cm.
  • Edition: Young readers' condensed ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Laurel-Leaf Books, 2007.

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General Note:
"First Laurel-Leaf edition"--T.p. 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"--T.p. verso.
Target Audience Note:
5.8

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Hazelton Public Library TEEN Cou (Text) 35154000116149 Teen - Upstairs Volume hold Available -
Midway Public Library YA FIC COU (Text) 35143000228376 Young Adult Fiction Volume hold In transit -
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