My Brother Johnny
Francesco D'Adamo author Sian Williams translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Aurora Metro Publications
Published:29th Oct '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Award-winning Italian author of ' Iqbal' explores the subject of PTSD in young soldiers. Johnny is a young airman who's flown dozens of missions. When he comes home from the war, his family and friends greet him as a hero. But Johnny doesn't feel like a hero. He's sick at the thought of the destruction he's caused to people in the villages over there. What's wrong with him? Why is he doing this? And when he sets up an anti-war protest in the centre of town, nobody wants to listen... ...Until the war comes home to them, that is.
"... provocative, relevant, powerful and moving fiction." Chris Brown, The School Librarian Magazine "Some stories need to be written, and deserve to be read all over the world. My Brother Johnny is one of these." Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times "A strong coming-of-age story - with an eerie whisper of mystery and foreboding." Caroline Horn, The Bookseller
- Winner of Hans Christian Andersen Award - Best Children's Writer 2023
- Short-listed for The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009
ISBN: 9780955156632
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
136 pages