The Champion
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Champion
By (Author) Maurice Gee
Penguin Group (NZ)
Puffin
7th April 2008
New Zealand
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.2
Physical Properties
Paperback
180
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
166g
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
Author Bio
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.
