num_pages: 8
description: 21 hrs 34 minNo stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first secret of survival and self-preservation - the power of one. An encounter with amateur boxer Hoppie Groenewald inspires in Peekay a fiery ambition - to be welterweight champion of the world.
language: English
title: The Power of One
titlecomplete: The Power of One
characters: Peekay, Geel Piet, "Doc" Bradley Stanwick, The Judge, Mrs. Boxall, Miss Bornstein, Morris Levy
genres: Classics, Historical, South Africa, Young Adult, Novels, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Coming Of Age, Fiction
ratings_count: 87548
places: South Africa
series: The Power of One
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Bolinda Publishing