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
  1. "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.
  2. "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.


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