Stay where you are & then leave /
Boyne, John, 1971-
Stay where you are & then leave / John Boyne. - London : Doubleday, 2013. - 246 pages ; 21 cm
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.
9780857532930 (hbk.) : �10.99 �11.47
Children's stories.
Fiction 9+.
General.
823.92
Stay where you are & then leave / John Boyne. - London : Doubleday, 2013. - 246 pages ; 21 cm
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.
9780857532930 (hbk.) : �10.99 �11.47
Children's stories.
Fiction 9+.
General.
823.92