My name is Leon : a novel /
Leon loves chocolate bars, Saturday morning cartoons, and his beautiful, golden-haired baby brother. When Jake is born, Leon pokes his head in the crib and says, "I'm your brother. Big brother. My. Name. Is. Leon. I am eight and three quarters. I am a boy." Jake will play with no one...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon and Schuster Paperbacks,
2017.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kitdewaal.com/ |
| Summary: | Leon loves chocolate bars, Saturday morning cartoons, and his beautiful, golden-haired baby brother. When Jake is born, Leon pokes his head in the crib and says, "I'm your brother. Big brother. My. Name. Is. Leon. I am eight and three quarters. I am a boy." Jake will play with no one but Leon, and Leon is determined to save him from any pain and earn that sparkling baby laugh every chance he can. But Leon isn't in control of this world where adults say one thing and mean another, and try as he might he can't protect his little family from everything. When their mother falls victim to her inner demons, strangers suddenly take Jake away; after all, a white baby is easy to adopt, while a half-black nine-year-old faces a less certain fate. Vowing to get Jake back by any means necessary,...Told through the perspective of nine-year-old Leon, too innocent to entirely understand what has happened to him and baby Jake, but determined to do what he can to make things right, he stubbornly, endearingly struggles his way through a system much larger than he can tackle on his own. -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Includes discussion questions, questions for Kit De Waal in back of book Selected from RCL. |
| Physical Description: | 292 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 1501117467 9781501117466 |