The Champion

Name: The Champion
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143303886
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By Maurice Gee

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What do you answer when people say, 'Who was the most important person you've ever known?'... It was Jackson Coop. He changed my life - Jackson and the things that happened in those two weeks. It is summer 1943 in a small New Zealand town, and... Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

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It is summer 1943 in a small New Zealand town, and a wounded American soldier is coming to stay with 12-year-old Rex and his family. Rex is full of expectations, but from the moment Jackson steps down from the bus there are surprises - and how could anyone predict the dramatic events which will unfold in the days to come?

Description

What do you answer when people say, 'Who was the most important person you've ever known?'... It was Jackson Coop. He changed my life - Jackson and the things that happened in those two weeks.

It is summer 1943 in a small New Zealand town, and a wounded American soldier is coming to stay with 12-year-old Rex and his family. Rex is full of expectations, but from the moment Jackson steps down from the bus, there are surprises - and how could anyone predict the dramatic events which will unfold in the days to come?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143303886

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2008

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 166g

Pages: 180

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Maurice Gee New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand's best-known writers for adults and children. He has won a number of literary awards, including the Wattie Award, the Deutz Medal for Fiction, the New Zealand Fiction Award and the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award. Maurice Gee lives in Nelson with his wife Margareta, and has two daughters and a son.

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