My Name Is Leon: Now a Major BBC Two Film

Waal, Kit de

ISBN 10: 0241973384 / ISBN 13: 9780241973387

Published by Penguin, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Name Is Leon: Now a Major BBC Two Film
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241973384
• ISBN 13: 9780241973387
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 60 grams

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Synopsis

Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low voices, and wearing Pretend faces. They are threatenin

About the Author

Kit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother, who was a foster carer and a Caribbean father. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. She used to advise Social Services on the care of foster children, and has written training manuals on adoption and foster care. Her writing has received numerous awards including the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Reader's Choice Prize 2014. My Name is Leon is her first novel. She has two children.