The Power Of One Turtleback School Library Binding Edition Paperback Bryce Courtenay

from bookseller525

I avoided reading this book for years, because I was put off by the boxing theme. What a great mistake that was. This book was about so very much more than boxing. What an incredible, amazing book! I loved following Peekay's growing awareness as he grows to manhood. The characters who become part...

from doggonelaura

I picked this up because a friend said it was such a memorable book. And 100 pages into the 513 pages I realized it was about boxing! I hate boxing. But because it had started out so wonderfully, I kept going--I was not disappointed. This is a marvelous historical fiction piece and a wonderful co...

from Kordo

I first picked up this book by chance really. One of my older brother's teachers had assigned it for summer reading, and I happened to pick it up one day and started reading. And while I was young at the time (12 or 13sh), I immediately fell in love with this book. For those unfamiliar with the b...

from myra53

Bryce Courtenay knows how to tell a great story. P.K. is sent to boarding school as a young child, and as an English child in a Boer school during a time when tensions ran high, he is mercilessly taunted and abused. He learns to hide his intelligence, his differences, as best he can. He survives ...

from salgalruns

The Power of One is a richly told tale of Peekay, who is growing up with one single goal in mind - to be the welterweight champion of the world. I've got to hand it to him. He had the dream when he was 6 years old and it defined who he was, carving his path to success in life and gave him charact...