| Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Contributor(s): Boyne, John (Author), Jeffers, Oliver (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1250062861 ISBN-13: 9781250062864 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.7" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 165204 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The next work of historical fiction from the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne's Stay Where You Are and Then Leave is a touching look at the effects war has on a family. 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 realizes his father is in a hospital close by--a hospital treating soldiers with shell shock. Alfie isn't sure what shell shock is, but he is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place. This title has Common Core connections. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boyne, John: - John Boyne is the author of Crippen, The Thief of Time, Next of Kin, and the New York Times and internationally bestselling The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Boyne won two Irish Book Awards (the People's Choice and the Children's) for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, which was made into a Miramax feature film, and his novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. Ireland's Sunday Business Post named him one of the forty people under forty in Ireland "likely to be the movers and shakers who will define the country's culture, politics, style and economics in 2005 and beyond." Crippen was nominated for the Sunday Independent Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award. He lives with his partner in Dublin.Jeffers, Oliver: - Oliver Jeffers is an author and illustrator. |