A medal for Leroy / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Michael Foreman.

By:

Morpurgo, Michael [author.]

Contributor(s):

Foreman, Michael, 1938- [illustrator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York: Square Fish, 2015Description: 222 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:

9780007339686 (pbk.) :
9781250056894

Genre/Form:

Children's stories.

DDC classification:

823 23
F

Summary: Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army, this is a stunning new novel of identity and loss. Michael doesn't remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn't like to talk about her husband. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal, followed by a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden history. A story of love and loss. A story that will change everything - and reveal to Michael who he really is... -- Adlibris

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Printed book	IES Halmstad	Fiction	F Mor (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	097812500568941
Printed book	IES Hassleholm World War I & II Fiction	Fiction	F MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	397800073396861
Printed book	IES Skelleftea World War I & II Fiction	Fiction	F Mor (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	8006881268914

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Originally published: 2012.

Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army, this is a stunning new novel of identity and loss. Michael doesn't remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn't like to talk about her husband. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal, followed by a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden history. A story of love and loss. A story that will change everything - and reveal to Michael who he really is... -- Adlibris