Bryce Courtenay
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000, p2009
Description
This is the story of two families - branches of the Solomons - transported to an alien land, both of whom eventually grow rich and powerful but who, through three generations, never for one moment relinquish their hatred for each other. It is also the story of our country from the beginning until we came of age as a nation
Author
Pub. Date
[2015], p2001
Description
Thommo and ten of his war mates develop physical and mental problems on their return to Australia. Angry at their hostile reception, they recruit an ex-Viet Cong with "special skills" and plan their revenge, but in real life, they're too screwed up to put up a fight. The team is transformed when Wendy, a woman whose baby needs a bone-marrow transplant, moulds them into a viable fighting unit.
Author
Pub. Date
p2007
Description
"The Persimmon Tree is unashamedly a love story. I've always wanted to write one but until now have been afraid to do so. The reason is simple enough: most men in my experience have very little idea of what really goes on in a woman's heart or head. Now, at the age of 74, I just might know enough and have sufficient courage to write on the subject - the way of a man with a woman, of a woman with a man. My story is set in the Pacific, although not...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Nicholas Duncan is a semi-retired shipping magnate who resides in idyllic Beautiful Bay in Indonesia, where he is known as the old patriarch of the islands. He is grieving the loss of his beautiful Eurasian wife, Anna, and is suffering for the first time from disturbing flashbacks to WWII, the scene of their first meeting and early love. His other wartime lover is the striking Marg Hamilton, a powerful and influential political player in Australia...
Pub. Date
c1992
Description
A young English boy, orphaned in a foreign land and terrorized for his political belief, turns to boxing. As he grows up fighting with his fists and leading with his heart, he takes on the system and the social injustices around him--finding that one person really can make a difference.
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