The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay
Peekay learns he must count on himself in order to survive the abusive boarding... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 89,515
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 940L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 102972, 15 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Conduct of life--Fiction
- Boxing--Fiction
- Prejudices
- South Africa
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prejudices--Fiction
- Prisons--Fiction
- Boxing
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Apartheid--Fiction
- Self-confidence--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
- Conduct of life
- Apartheid
- South Africa--History--1909-1961--Fiction
- History
- 1909-1961
- World War, 1939-1945--South Africa--Fiction
- Prisons
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Self-confidence
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