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 and the Violet Downey Award. It is followed by a sequel, Charlie Wilcox's Great War, published in 2003.

Charlie Wilcox
AuthorSharon E. McKay
PublisherStoddart Kids
Publication date
October 19, 2000
Award
ISBN9780773760936
Followed byCharlie Wilcox's Great War 

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]

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.
  3. "2002". Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  4. "Former Winners". Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Retrieved 2023-09-11.


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