Stay Where You are and Then Leave
by John Boyne
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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.
SoldiersJuvenile fictionFathers and sonsFictionWorld War, 1914-1918Mental illnessHistoryChildren's fictionWorld war, 1914-1918, fictionFathers and sons, fictionMental illness, fictionLondon (england), fiction