Author: John Boyne Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Young adult, Fiction, War/Military, Children
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ISBNs: 9780857532930 9781627790314 0857532936 1627790314 |
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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 . . .
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