My Brother Johnny: 1 (Aurora New Fiction)

by Cheryl Robson (Editor), Francesco D ' Adamo (Author)

New
Paperback
2007
$9.85

Johnny, the local hero, has been flying bombing missions in the war Over There. When he suddenly returns home, broken, a shadow of his former self, people want to know the reason why. Piece by piece, his story emerges through the eyes of his younger sister, Lin, who's 14 (almost) and a bit of a punk. Bored with school and village life, her hum drum world is overturned when her brother sets up an anti-war protest in the local square that splits the community. Johnny's challenge to the powers that be provokes a violent reaction whilst the war gets alarmingly closer to home.

Synopsis

Johnny, the local hero, has been flying bombing missions in the war Over There. When he suddenly returns home, broken, a shadow of his former self, people want to know the reason why. Piece by piece, his story emerges through the eyes of his younger sister, Lin, who's 14 (almost) and a bit of a punk. Bored with school and village life, her hum drum world is overturned when her brother sets up an anti-war protest in the local square that splits the community. Johnny's challenge to the powers that be provokes a violent reaction whilst the war gets alarmingly closer to home.

$9.85

Quantity

10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
Edition: first
Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
Published: 29 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 0955156637
ISBN 13: 9780955156632
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media 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

Author Bio

Francesco D'Adamo 's novel Iqbal was recently published by Simon & Schuster and attracted widespread press and media attention before being made into a film. It tells the story of a boy who challenges the practice of child labour in poor countries. The author is an Italian teacher, who has written several books for young people and teenagers. He took part in the Ilkley Literature Festival and gave a reading at L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura with writer Mary Hoffman and critic Nicholas Tucker. Translator Sian Williams received her degree in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston in 1969. She was a publisher of literature in translation for many years, first with Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative and subsequently with Camden Press. Writers published included: Alejo Carpentier, Dacia Maraini, Victor Serge and Osip Mandelsh'tam. She now lives and works in London as a translator and as a promoter of literature in translation. She has worked on literature promotions with the Goethe Institute, L'Institut Francais and L'Instituto Italiano di Cultura amongst other cultural institutes.