num_pages: 247
description: 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 . . .
language: English
title: Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
publisher: Doubleday