My Name Is Leon

A beautiful story told with compassion, urgency and wit

Stephen Kelman, author of the Booker-shortlisted 'Pigeon English'

Beautiful and heartbreaking - I cried buckets of tears for Leon and his family

Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of 'The Last Act of Love'

Beguiling, tender, funny, compassionate ... entirely heartbreaking without being bleak

Sunday Express

Everything in My Name Is Leon rings true. It's an everyday story and this actually makes it more powerful: these are the lows and joys of real life. Someone will be living them as you read

Emerald Street

Tender and heart-breaking

Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'

Vivid and endearing - a very powerful book

Emma Healey, bestselling author of 'Elizabeth is Missing'

Leon is pure goodwill in a wicked world, and he won't leave you when you put this unique book down. Authentic and beautiful, urgent and honest, this novel does what only the best do: it quietly makes room in your heart. At the end of the story I couldn't bear to close the book on Leon. I felt I was abandoning him. I wanted to talk about it straight away with someone else who'd read it, and I know a great many readers will feel the same.

Chris Cleave, bestselling author of 'The Other Hand'

The unforgettable story of a boy struggling to belong, and the author captures both his mindset and the period impeccably. Heartbreaking and uplifting - just read it

Daily Mail