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The power of one  Cover Image Book Book

The power of one / Bryce Courtenay.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385902748
  • ISBN: 9780385732543
  • ISBN: 0385732546
  • ISBN: 0385902743
  • Physical Description: 291 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: Young readers' condensed edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
010 & up.
940L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 6.9 37
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.3 15 102972.
Subject: Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Boxing stories.
Prejudices > Juvenile fiction.
Apartheid > Juvenile fiction.
Prisons > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > South Africa > Juvenile fiction.
South Africa > History > 1909-1961 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Teen fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Little Dixie Regional. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly F Courtenay (Text) 2003999841 Adult Fiction Shelves Available -
Carthage Public Library FIC Courtene Bryce (Text) 34M0200157676K Adult Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-St. Clair YA FIC COU (Text) 3005071715 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Union YA FIC COU (Text) 3005071731 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Seymour Community Library FIC COU (Text) 34193000000450 Fiction Available -
Ste. Genevieve County Library Fic Courtenay, Bryce (Text) 33358000232705 New From Bloomsdale Available -
Stone County-Galena F COU (Text) 31358000094438 Adult Fiction Available -
Webb City Public Library JF Courtenay (Text) 38262100241654 Juvenile Fiction Available -


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