Stay where you are & then leave
by John Boyne
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The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name - on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by - a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition.
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Soldiers, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Fiction, World War, 1914-1918, Mental illness, History, Children's fiction, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Mental illness, fiction, London (england), fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, Family, Parents, Historical, Military & Wars, Health & Daily Living, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, GeneralPlaces
Great Britain, England, London (England)Times
20th century, George V, 1910-1936Showing 5 featured editions. View all 16 editions?
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Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2013.
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Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.
Four years after Alfie's father left London to become a soldier in World War I, he has not returned, but Alfie, now age nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he learns his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock.
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