My Name Is Leon, 9781405977920
Paperback
Orphaned boy seeks belonging amidst 1980s Britain, family torn apart.

My Name Is Leon

gcse education edition

$29.60

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    23 November 2024

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Summary

My Name Is Leon: A Student Edition - Finding Family in Tumultuous Times

A STUDENT EDITION

It’s 1981, a year of riots and royal weddings. Amidst the tumult and change, nine-year-old Leon tries to find his place. He and his little brother Jake have gone to live with Maureen. They’ve lost one home, but have they found another?

Maureen feeds and looks after them. She has wild red hair and mutters swearwords under her breath when she thinks they can’t hea…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781405977920
ISBN-10:1405977922
Author:Kit de Waal
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:23 November 2024
Weight:209g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 17mm
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About The Author

Kit de Waal

Kit de Waal, born to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, was brought up among the Irish community of Birmingham in the 60’s and 70’s. Her debut novel My Name Is Leon was an international bestseller, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for 2017. Her second novel, The Trick to Time, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize and her young adult novel Becoming Dinah is shortlisted for the Carnegie CLIP Award 2020. She also crowdfunded and edited an anthology of working class memoir, Common People, which was published in 2018. Kit was named the FutureBook Person of the Year in 2019.

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