Stay Where You are and Then Leave

Author(s): John Boyne

Fiction - senior | NEW AND NOTABLE

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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From the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, a warm and moving story of a boy's search for his missing father during the First World War.

John Boyne was born in Ireland and is the author of seven novels for adults and four for children. His first novel for children, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, won two Irish Book Awards, was shortlisted for the British Book Award and was made into a film. His novels are published in over 40 languages.

General Fields

  • : 9780857532947
  • : Random House Children's Publishers UK
  • : Doubleday Children's Books
  • : July 2013
  • : 200mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : John Boyne
  • : Paperback
  • : 913
  • : 288