The Champion
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Book Overview
During World War II, Rex, a young New Zealand boy, finds his life irrevocably changed by the arrival of a wounded American soldier, Jackson Coop, an African-American private with a hatred for war, who... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0671865617
ISBN13:9780671865610
Release Date:October 1993
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Length:212 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Age Range:10 to 14 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 9
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Rex
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This story begins in the middle of world war ll. Rex is a 6 year old boy that likes his bb gun and has made a picture of hittler and a Japamize jeneral. Rex finds our that they are spondering a wonded soljior from America. Rex is so excited that he made a banner that said that they were glad to have him at their home. When the soljior gets to their house Rex find out he is a black man and that he is afraid of the war and hates all the killing. latter on Rex finds out that it dose not matter if he is black or white but what is on the inside. When the wounded soljior goes back to the war Rex has just started to be friends with him and then he has to go back. Rex never sees the soljior ever agian and never hears from him eather.
It is written so younger people can understand it.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I am 12 years old and we had to read an older book and I read the champion and really enjoyed it.I think that if you enjoy a good read you will like this book.It is written really well.
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