My Name Is Leon
by Kit De Waal
My Name Is Leon is Kit de Waal's debut novel, published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin, in June 2016. It follows a nine-year-old mixed-race boy in care against the backdrop of the 1981 Handsworth riots in Birmingham. It was named Irish Novel of the Year in 2017.
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- Viking, 2016
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- Viking, 2016
The first edition of My Name Is Leon by Kit De Waal was published in London by Viking in 2016. We track 2 editions.
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Who published the first edition of My Name Is Leon?
The first edition of My Name Is Leon by Kit De Waal was published in London by Viking in 2016.
How many editions of My Name Is Leon are there?
We track 2 editions of My Name Is Leon, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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- Kit de Waal, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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