num_pages: 360
description: Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world.Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, makes new friends, collects cacti and plays the piano. Above all, he learns to think with his head and then with his heart. He discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to yourself: that this is the power of one.
language: English
title: The Power of One
titlecomplete: The Power of One (Puffin Young Readers)
characters: Geel Piet, Peekay, Morris Levy, "Doc" Bradley Stanwick, Miss Bornstein, The Judge, Mrs. Boxall
genres: Historical, Literature, Young Adult, Classics, Novels, Coming Of Age, South Africa, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 87553
places: South Africa
series: The Power of One
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Puffin