John Boyne: Stay Where You are and Then Leave, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

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.

Beschreibung

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 . . .

Rezension

"Pat Barker meets Michelle Magorian . . . Comic as well as poignantly enlightening" Independent on Sunday

Klappentext

From the bestselling author of "The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas" comes this heartwarming and incredibly moving story about a boy's search for his missing father during the First World War, now in paperback. A story for any age, this is as much a tale of love, family and understanding as it is about the war. Ages: 9+