The Power of One: Young Readers' Condensed Edit [Mass Market Paperback]

Bryce Courtenay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 10, 2007

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.


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Editorial Reviews

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“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


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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 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf (July 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440239133
• ISBN-13: 978-0440239130
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > History & Historical Fiction > Fiction > General

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN EXCELLENT BOOK, August 13, 2007

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Zone Brat "zone brat" (Orange Beach, AL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Power of One: Young Readers' Condensed Edit (Mass Market Paperback)

Like the Kite Runner, this is a great come "full circle" book. Hard to put down. You will not be disappointed.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Young Adult Version disappointing, February 26, 2009

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J. M. Schmidt (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed the adult version of this book very much, and thought it would be edifying for young adults. I wanted to offer it to a friend who's a teacher. I thought the author would condense this book by removing some of the description and more adult side stories. Unfortunately, instead of presenting the whole story in a condensed form, the book is only half of the story. Also, it continues to contain profanity, which renders it unacceptable for public schools. I cannot recommend this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Power of One, May 2, 2009

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Margaret Ann Simmons "marty" (palo alto, california United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Power of One: Young Readers' Condensed Edit (Mass Market Paperback)

THE POWER OF ONE and THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE-Two totally dissimilar books but each read avidly by middle school kids across the world- It helps if the teacher provides a background of the Boer War, Apartheid and the Blitz but after that-the kids eat up these two. The strength of the two is in the "power of one" but more than that both books have stories and plots and the good guy wins!