Kit de Waal (6 kníh)

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  Kit de Waal Becoming Dinah

  In her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl...

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  Kit de Waal Jmenuju se Leon CZ

  Dojemný a strhující příběh rozdělených sourozenců vychází z autorčiných vlastních zkušeností. Na působivosti mu dodává to, že je vyprávěn z pohledu devítiletého Leona, který se málem jako otec láskyplně staral o malého Jakea, a od kterého se musí odloučit. Sám musí zůstat u Maureen, „profesionální pěstounky“, která má sice s výchovou dětí bohaté zkušenosti, je však otázkou, jestli Leonovi může dát pocit, že jí na…

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  Kit de Waal My Name is Leon EN

  Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. Their mum isn't feeling herself, so they've gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low voices, and wearing Pretend faces. They are threatening to give Jake to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon is not. Evoking a Britain of the early eighties, My Name is Leon is a…

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  Kit de Waal My Name is Leon EN

  A brother chosen. A brother left behind. And a family where you'd least expect to find one.Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low voices, and wearing Pretend faces. They are threatening to give Jake to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon is not. As Leon…

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  Kit de Waal The Trick to Time

  A heart-wrenching love story from the internationally bestselling author of My Name Is LeonMona is a young Irish girl in the big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out in 1970s Birmingham,

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  Kit de Waal The Trick To Time

  'There's a trick to time. You can make it expand or you can make it contract. Make it shorter or make it longer .. .'Some moments you want to last forever. Some moments shape a life.For Mona, it's the joy of playing on a Wexford beach as a young girl...

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