by Michael Morpurgo · HarperCollins Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007339686
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«A Medal for Leroy» is the children's and young adult novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by HarperCollins Publishers in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Michael doesn't remember his father, a RAF pilot who disappeared in the war; his French mother avoids talking about him. When his great-aunt Snowdrop gives him a medal and a photograph, Michael unearths the story of his grandfather, a Black soldier from the First World War, and discovers the truth about his identity and family legacy.
The work is illustrated by Michael Foreman and is recommended for readers aged 9 and up.
For young readers interested in history, family memory and war stories, and for fans of Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
