Charlie Wilcox

This coming-of-age novel presents a young man’s first-hand experiences of the realities of World War I. The book shows life in Newfoundland before it joins Confederation, and the excitement and horror that war can bring. The novel chronicles the life of a Newfoundland teenager who believes his parents view his physical handicap as the reason he can’t do what he dreams to do – join the seal hunt. Charlie’s attempts to steal away on a sealing boat land him in Europe on the front lines of WW I.