Stay Where You Are And Then Leave
“Every night, before he went to sleep, Alfie Summerfield tried to remember how life had been before the war began.”
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“Every night, before he went to sleep, Alfie Summerfield tried to remember how life had been before the war began.”
Shortlisted for Irish Book Award: Children’s Book of the YearThe 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 . . .