Reading order · 2 books · 1989 to 1991 · Set in South Africa
The Power of One Books in Order
The Power of One and Tandia follow Peekay, an English boy growing up in South Africa in the 1930s and 1940s, and later Tandia, a young woman caught in the injustices of apartheid.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 1989 to 1991
- First book
- The Power of One
- Latest
- Tandia (1991)
- Setting
- Set in South Africa
The reading order
Every The Power of One book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in South Africa
- 1The Power of One1989With PeekayPeekay, a small English boy at an Afrikaans boarding school in 1930s South Africa, learns to fight back, and with the help of a German pianist and a boxing coach, dreams of becoming welterweight champion of the world.Buy on Amazon
- 2Tandia1991With TandiaIn apartheid South Africa, Tandia, a young woman of mixed Indian and African heritage, is brutally wronged by a policeman and joins the struggle against the regime, as Peekay returns to her story.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Power of One, then Tandia.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Peekay | Tandia |
|---|---|---|
| 1 The Power of One | LLead | |
| 2 Tandia | MMajor | LLead |
Characters in the The Power of One books
2 characters from Bryce Courtenay’s chart, with the number of The Power of One books each appears in.