Boyne, John, 1971-

Stay where you are & then leave / John Boyne. - 245 pages ; 20 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780545917872 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2013043620

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918--England--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Mental illness--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.B69677 / St 2014

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]