The power of one
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Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012.
Published
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
Young readers' condensed ed.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Status
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Main Library - Young Adult
Fiction Courtenay, B
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Published
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
Edition
Young readers' condensed ed.
Language
English
UPC
9780385732543
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.3, 15 Points
Lexile measure
940

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Description
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.
Target Audience
010 & up.
Target Audience
940L,Lexile
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Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning,UG,6.9,37.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,6.3,15,102972.

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LC Subjects
Apartheid -- Juvenile fiction.
Boxing stories.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
Prisons -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.
South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
Apartheid -- Fiction.
Boxing -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Prisons -- Fiction.
Self-confidence -- Fiction.
South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Africa -- Fiction.