The Power of One (Young Readersı Condensed Edition) [Library Binding]

Bryce Courtenay (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

In 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong language–English. He was nursed by a woman of the wrong color–black. His childhood was marked by humiliation and abandonment. Yet he vowed to survive–he would become welterweight champion of the world, he would dream heroic dreams.
But his dreams were nothing compared to what awaited him. For he embarked on an epic journey, where he would learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the mystical power that would sustain him even when it appeared that villainy would rule the world: The Power of One.


From the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama in the boxing ring.”
–The New York Times


From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Bryce Courtenay was born in South Africa, is an Australian, and has
lived in Sydney for the major part of his life. Visit him on the web at www.brycecourtenay.com.


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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 304 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (September 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385902743
• ISBN-13: 978-0385902748
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,931,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > Africa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THE POWER OF ONE, March 10, 2006

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Cherie (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Power of One (Young Readersı Condensed Edition) (Library Binding)

Very misleading purchase. This book is actually a young readers condensed version (of an excellent book) and not adequately marked on the website. In the process of being returned.

16 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deceitful Advertising, May 12, 2006

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Don Gosney - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Power of One (Young Readersı Condensed Edition) (Library Binding)

This review has nothing to do with the actual book but, instead, has everything to do with Amazon's advertising of the book.

Nothing is done to really let the buyer know that this is the abridged children's version of the book instead of the full sized version (Nearly three times as long) written for the adult audience.

Apparantly there are others who were duped, as I was, into making this purchase thinking I was getting the full version. Had I enlarged the image enought imes I could have seen on the cover in samll print where it says "young reader's condensed edition". That was the only place it was made clear this was anabridged version.

Just curious, how many compliats doers Amazon need before they actually correct his error?

By the way, I took the time and made the effort to go to my local bookstore and purchased the full version. I will be returning the children's version to Amazon.

5 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars wrong version, March 11, 2006

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C. Heimerl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Power of One (Young Readersı Condensed Edition) (Library Binding)

Three copies of the "young reader's condensed version" were delivered as gifts to my adult recipients. My intention was to send the original versions. Is it really me, or is your order page deceiving? I clicked on the first version that appeared on the screen. I tried to email or call Amazon. How can that be accomplished?????????