I loved The Power of One as an early teen. And yes, it was absolutely chock-full of everything in this article, plus the hero is a white savior, and it featured

I loved The Power of One as an early teen. And yes, it was absolutely chock-full of everything in this article, plus the hero is a white savior, and it featured a huge setting sun with an acacia tree on its cover. By my late teens I had worked out that setting sun was indicative of a certain kind of book.