description: 'First with your head and then with your heart.' So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, its a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life.
language: English
title: Power of One
titlecomplete: Power of One
characters: The Judge, Geel Piet, "Doc" Bradley Stanwick, Morris Levy, Mrs. Boxall, Miss Bornstein, Peekay
genres: Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, South Africa, Africa, Historical, Classics, Novels, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 87570
places: South Africa
series: The Power of One
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Ballantine Books