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    A Medal for Leroy
    A Medal for Leroy
    A Medal for Leroy
    Audiobook2 hours

    A Medal for Leroy

    Written by Michael Morpurgo

    Narrated by Brian Trueman and Mairi Macfarlane

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    Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army.

    A new novel about identity and loss by bestselling award-winning author of WAR HORSE.

    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…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 27, 2012
    ISBN9780007497874
    Author

    Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has written over 130 books including War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005. The charity Farms for City Children, which he founded thirty years ago with his wife Clare, has now enabled over 70,000 children to spend a week living and working down on the farm. His enormous success has continued with his most recent novels Flamingo Boy and The Snowman, inspired by the classic story by Raymond Briggs. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

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    • 3/5
      Michael experiences life-changing events when he discovers a secret letter hidden behind a photograph of a WW1 pilot. He learns about selfless sacrifice and family devotion. This book has been cataloged as Young Adult and Juvenile; but t'weens may have difficulty relating to some of the information. War is not the main theme of the book and there is minimal reference made about its history or details of the violence. It does, however, make a good human interest story.
    • 3/5
      A weeper about family secrets, inspired by the fact there was only one black officer to serve in the British Army in WW1. Michael grows up without his father, who died in WW2. His only connections to him are his mother and two elderly aunties. But years after Auntie Snowdrop's death, Michael finds a letter to him from her that explains much more about who his father was and the real story of their family history. The prose is lyrical and unassuming, and yet the story is rich with complexity. I actually have difficulty seeing it as written for children but the themes of love, family and identity are presented in a way they would understand. Lovely, but hard to place except maybe in the hands of gifted readers.
    • 4/5
      Another great historical novel from Michael Morpurgo, this one inspired by the life of Walter Tull the first black officer to serve in the British Army in the First World War.
    • 5/5
      Beautifully written book about a young boy who discovers, after his grandmother's death, the story of his grandparents and his father - none of whom he knew anything about. In the telling of the story, he discovers that his grandfather was a black man in the British forces during WWI and should have won a medal for bravery. He tries (and unfortunately, fails) to get his grandfather the medal he deserves.