Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

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. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place . . .

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Product details

• Authors: John Boyne
• Publisher: Corgi
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2014
• EAN: 9780552570589
• ISBN: 978-0-552-57058-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Corgi Childrens
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Interest age: from c 9 years, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)