Charlie Wilcox
Charlie Wilcox is a children's novel by Sharon E. McKay about a boy from Newfoundland in World War I. First published in 2000, 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[]
- ^ "Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ "National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
External links[]
- 2000 Canadian novels
- 2000 children's books
- Children's historical novels
- Canadian children's novels
- Fiction set in 1915
- Novels set during World War I
- 2000s children's historical novel stubs
- World War I novel stubs
- 2000s war novel stubs
- Canadian novel stubs