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 in the boxing ring.
language: English
title: The Power of One
titlecomplete: The Power of One
characters: Mrs. Boxall, Morris Levy, Miss Bornstein, "Doc" Bradley Stanwick, Geel Piet, Peekay, The Judge
genres: Fiction, Historical, South Africa, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 87554
places: South Africa
series: The Power of One
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: McArthur & Company