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. Peekay discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to yourself: this is the power ...
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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. Peekay discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to yourself: this is the power of one.
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I read this book many years ago when I was around twenty-four yeas old. I am a seventy year old retired teacher-grandmother-mother and wife now and I final found this book once again. This story has stayed with me all these years. I even sent a copy of 'The Power of One' because he was a boxer in the navy.
This is a wonderful story about a young English boy whose nanny was a South-African. 'PK' had to be sent to a boarding school because his mother had a breakdown. The story of PK's life takes of - the people that help him and hurt him in his journey through life will stay with you and help you at times through your life too!
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