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| Original Title: | Stay Where You Are and Then Leave |
| ISBN: | 0857532936 (ISBN13: 9780857532930) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Alfie Summerfield, Georgie Summerfield, Margie Summerfield, Marian Bancroft |
| Setting: | England |
John Boyne
Hardcover | Pages: 247 pages Rating: 3.98 | 6443 Users | 991 Reviews
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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 an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place . . .
Describe Of Books Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
| Title | : | Stay Where You Are and Then Leave |
| Author | : | John Boyne |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 247 pages |
| Published | : | September 26th 2013 by Doubleday Childrens |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. War. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 6443 Users | 991 ReviewsCritique Of Books Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
Written from the point of view of a child, this book covers a very disturbing topic and really should be read by high school age and above, not by younger children. Set in London during WWI, which England joins on Alfie's fifth birthday, we see the effects of the war on the women and children, the men who were unwilling or unable to serve, the foreigners in London and on the soldiers themselves. Because his father is away at war, Alfie has no choice but to grow up early and become ratherThis was a faboulous book, the one I needed after the last two disappointments. I like books that enrich me, and this has done just that. The protagonist was a boy who grows from 5 to 13 during the course of the narrative and his narrative perspective is fresh, raw, real and innocent. Set in the time of First World War, it doesn't document the war but the consequences of it on the lives of people, lower middle class, seldom-wanting-to-change kind of people. The changes it brought to the people
Thanks to Netgalley and Henry Holt and Company for the advanced copyAlfie Summerfield discovers on his fifth birthday that his father is going off to war, World War I to be exact, and will return when the war is over, before Christmas. That time before Christmas lasts for more than four years. He was told by his mother that the reason why letters didn't come in through the mail was because he was on a secret mission, but to Alfie, all he could translate this to was that he was dead.It wasn't
Stay where you and leave is a brilliant read which I thoroughly enjoyed. the story is told from the point of view of Alfie who is 9. His father went to war and never returned and he can't quite fathom what happened to him because his father insist he isn't dead. Alfie helps out his mother by working as a shoe shine a few days a week and whilst doing that he finds a clue as to where his father might be and decides to investigate further. I must admit I was never a huge fan of boy in the striped
Does a different take on the typical "war novel for kids". It's good to see a light cast on all the mental torture endured and afflicted upon the soldiers. It is an often overlooked detail.
2.5* rounded up. I find it difficult to rate most children's books, as I'm too aware of the shortcomings and not really sure how much those shortcomings affect the book's ability to inform and/or entertain children. While I can see how this might be a good introduction to WWI for older children/young teens, and I can see how this is a different take on the subject to most books for that age, there were some factors which I found very problematic. The age of the protagonist makes much of the
Father makes the decision to sign up for ww1 before the draft started in England. The family is left for years to make ends meat. Letters arrive with good cheer and then become sparse and dark. The father returns home but is in mental hospital not in the same condition that he left. He has shell shock which in todays terms would be known as PTSD.
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