A Medal for Leroy

A Medal for LeroyDescription By Michael Morpurgo Paperback When Michael's aunt passes away, she leaves behind a letter that will change everything. It starts with Michael's grandfather Leroy, a black officer in World War I who charged into a battle zone not once but three times to save wounded men. His fellow soldiers insisted he deserved special commendations for his bravery but because of the racial barriers, he would go unacknowledged. Now it's up to Michael to

He also investigates the debates that raged in the popular media and among citizen groups that sprang up across the country as the U

heartache and loss

by Nicholas Milton

he shed the rank of colonel and his name to serve as a private in the Royal Air Force until shortly before his death in 1935 at age 46

where he spent much of World War II battling his fellow exile

It structured the counter-revolution in central and Eastern Europe

many of us first read it when we were too young to fully comprehend its power

sea battles and amphibious operations in which the new military technology was first used

In this anthology

Plans are hatched to get Alfa away from the front

economic and ideological repercussions of the war

These “munitionettes” worked grueling shifts often seven days a week