# My Name Is Leon

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- Authors: [Kit de Waal](https://www.bookquiver.com/kit-de-waal)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2016-06-02
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction

## Description

Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. Their mum isn't feeling herself, so they've 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 threatening to give Jake to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon is not. Evoking a Britain of the early eighties, My Name is Leon is a heart-breaking story of love, identity and learning to overcome unbearable loss. Of the fierce bond between siblings. And how - just when we least expect it - we manage to find our way home.

## Editions

### My Name Is Leon

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-14-0597-792-0
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2024-10-24
- Language: en_GB

### My Name Is Leon

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-338-7
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2017-04-06
- Language: en_GB

### My Name Is Leon

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-339-4
- Published: 2016-06-02
- Language: en_GB

### My Name Is Leon

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 7 h 51 min
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-620-3
- Published: 2016-06-02
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [My Name Is Leon](https://www.bookquiver.com/kit-de-waal/pl/my-name-is-leon) (pl_PL)