Charlie Wilcox

{{Short description|Children's novel by Sharon E. McKay}} {{Infobox book | image = Charlie Wilcox.jpg | author = Sharon E. McKay | isbn = 9780773760936 | pub_date = October 19, 2000 | publisher = Stoddart Kids | award = {{plainlist| *Geoffrey Bilson Award (2001) *Violet Downey Award (2001) }} | followed_by = Charlie Wilcox's Great War }} '''''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 and the Violet Downey Award. It is followed by a sequel, ''Charlie Wilcox's Great War'', published in 2003.

==Plot == 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.

== Awards == {| class="wikitable" |+Awards for '''''Charlie Wilcox''''' !Year !Award !Result !Ref. |- |2001 |Geoffrey Bilson Award |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{cite web |title=Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People |url=http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/geoffrey_bilson_award_historical_fiction_young_people |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406115914/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/geoffrey_bilson_award_historical_fiction_young_people |archivedate=2011-04-06 |accessdate=2011-03-19 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |publisher=}}</ref> |- |2001 |Violet Downey Award |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{cite web |title=National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award |url=http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/national_chapter_canada_iode_violet_downey_book_award |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002090239/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/national_chapter_canada_iode_violet_downey_book_award |archivedate=2011-10-02 |accessdate=2011-08-12 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |publisher=}}</ref> |- |2002 |Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2002 |url=https://www.myrca.ca/2002-2/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2001-02 |Hackmatack Children's Choice Award for English Fiction |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Winners |url=https://hackmatack.ca/former-winners/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award |language=en-CA}}</ref> |}

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== External links == * [http://www.penguin.ca/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000004517,00.html Publisher's site] {{Portal |Children's literature}}

Category:2000 Canadian novels Category:2000 children's books Category:Children's historical novels Category:Canadian children's novels Category:Novels set in 1915 Category:Novels set during World War I Category:Children's books set during World War I Category:Children's books set in Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Children's books set on ships Category:Children's books set in Europe