Awards
- Short-listed for Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009
- Short-listed for The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009
- Short-listed for The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009 (UK)
- Shortlisted for Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation 2009.
- Winner of Hans Christian Andersen Award - Best Children's Writer 2023
Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Francesco D'Adamo ,
Sian Williams ,
Sian Williams
Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
Imprint: Aurora Metro Books
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.156kg
ISBN: 9780955156632
ISBN 10: 0955156637
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 29 October 2007
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... provocative, relevant, powerful and moving fiction. Chris Brown, The School Librarian Magazine A strong coming-of-age story... with an eerie whisper of mystery andforeboding. Caroline Horn, The Bookseller Some stories need to be written, and deserve to be readall over the world. My Brother Johnny is one of these... Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
"""... provocative, relevant, powerful and moving fiction.""Chris Brown, The School Librarian Magazine""A strong coming-of-age story... with an eerie whisper of mystery andforeboding.""Caroline Horn, The Bookseller""Some stories need to be written, and deserve to be readall over the world. My Brother Johnny is one of these...""Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times"
... provocative, relevant, powerful and moving fiction. Chris Brown, The School Librarian Magazine A strong coming-of-age story... with an eerie whisper of mystery andforeboding. Caroline Horn, The Bookseller Some stories need to be written, and deserve to be readall over the world. My Brother Johnny is one of these... Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
Author Information
Francesco D'Adamo was born in Milan in 1949, where he still lives and works. He combines the activities of teacher, journalist and writer. He was one of the forerunners of the genre of the New Italian Noir. He made his debut in the field of literature for the younger readers with the book Lupo Omega, shortlisted for several prestigious book awards. His book Storia di Iqbal has been published to great acclaim in the USA. He is an expert in pedagogics and youth studies. His books have been widely translated. Two of his children's novels, My Brother Johnny and Iqbal, published in the UK, have received much critical acclaim, winning him the New York Christopher Award for Adolescents and the cento Prize in Italy. In 2004 he also won the International Reading Association Teachers' choices Booklist Prize. Oh, Freedom was awarded the Premio Asti D'Appello Junior (2016). Other awards include ALA Notable Children's Books CBC/NCSS Notable, Social Studies Trade Book, Charlotte Award, Suggested Reading List (NY), Christopher Award, Great Stone Face Book Award, Master List (NH), Iowa Teen Award, Master List IRA Teachers' Choices Texas Lone Star Reading List.
