Charlie Wilcox Explained

Author:	Sharon E. McKay
Isbn:	9780773760936
Pub Date:	October 19, 2000
Publisher:	Stoddart Kids
Award:	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

Awards for Charlie Wilcox!Year!Award!Result!Ref.

2001	Geoffrey Bilson Award	Winner	^[1]
2001	Violet Downey Award	Winner	^[2]
2002	Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award	Nominee	^[3]
2001-02	Hackmatack Children's Choice Award for English Fiction	Winner	^[4]

External links

• Publisher's site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110406115914/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/geoffrey_bilson_award_historical_fiction_young_people . 2011-04-06 . 2011-03-19 . .
2. Web site: National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Book Award . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002090239/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/national_chapter_canada_iode_violet_downey_book_award . 2011-10-02 . 2011-08-12 . .
3. Web site: 2002 . 2023-09-11 . Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award . en-US.
4. Web site: Former Winners . 2023-09-11 . Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award . en-CA.