Charlie Wilcox

Charlie Wilcox is a children's novel by Sharon E. McKay about a Canadian boy in World War I. The novel won the Geoffrey Bilson Award^[1] and the Violet Downey Award.^[2] It is followed by a sequel, Charlie Wilcox's Great War, published in 2003.

Plot introduction

The book opens in Newfoundland in 1915. Charlie Wilcox's parents want him to go to college rather than become a seal hunter like his father; they believe that his club foot makes him unfit for an active life. To prove his courage and ability, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides to stow away on a sealing vessel; however, he finds himself instead on a troop ship bound for the war in Europe. Rather than return, he chooses to become a stretcher bearer at the front where he witnesses the horrors of trench warfare and the Battle of the Somme.

References

1. ^ "Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People". Canadian Children's Book Centre. http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/geoffrey_bilson_award_historical_fiction_young_people. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 
2. ^ "National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award". Canadian Children's Book Centre. http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/national_chapter_canada_iode_violet_downey_book_award. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 

External links

• Publisher's site