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Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

By: John Boyne
Narrated by: Adrian Rawlins
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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.

2015, Haringey Childrens Book Award, Short-listed

2015, Hillingdon Book Award, Short-listed

2015, Coventry Inspiration Book Awards, Short-listed

2015, Cheshire Schools Book Award, Short-listed

2014, Kate Greenaway Medal, Short-listed

©2013 John Boyne (P)2020 Penguin Audio Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Military War

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It’s very hard to write convincingly from a child’s perspective. This narrative ends up with over-simplistic observations on one hand, and ridiculously sophisticated observations on the other. Either way, it’s not convincing and a true child’s voice is not conveyed. More importantly, the way shell shock is depicted is insulting and inaccurate.

Shallow and disappointing

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