A medal for Leroy /
Michael Morpurgo.
- First U.S. edition.
- 140 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
In World War II-era England, Michael learns about his black British Army soldier grandfather, a World War I officer who risked his life to save wounded men but who did not receive special commendations because of his race.
9781250039804 (trade) 1250039800 (trade)
World War, 1939-1945--England--Juvenile fiction. Fatherless families--England--Juvenile fiction. World War, 1939-1945--England--Fiction. Single-parent families--Fiction. Historical fiction.