A Medal for Leroy
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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 by Michael Morpurgo, biggest UK children’s author and the bestselling, award-winning writer of War Horse, now a smash West End and Broadway hit as well as an Oscar-nominated movie.
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…
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
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Reviews for A Medal for Leroy
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautifully 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.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A 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.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another 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.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Michael 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.