Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

by John Boyne

Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)

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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 shell-shock. Alfie isn't sure what shell-shock is, but is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place...
  • ISBN10 1250062861
  • ISBN13 9781250062864
  • Publish Date 2 June 2015 (first published 26 September 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint St Martin's Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 256
  • Language English