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The Champion

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Champion
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Maurice Gee
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:180
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780143303886
ClassificationsDewey:823.2
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Group (NZ)
Imprint Puffin
Publication Date 7 April 2008
Publication Country New Zealand

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 Biography

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.