Stay where you are & then leave

Resource Information

The work Stay where you are & then leave represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in South Whitley Community Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Stay where you are & then leave

Statement of responsibility

John Boyne ; with hand lettering by Oliver Jeffers

Title variation

Stay where you are and then leave

Creator

• Boyne, John, 1971-
• trueBoyne, John, 1971-

Contributor

• Jeffers, Oliver
• trueJeffers, Oliver

Author

• Boyne, John, 1971-

Illustrator

• Jeffers, Oliver

Subject

• trueChildren of military personnel
• Mental illness -- Fiction
• London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWorld War I -- England
• JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
• Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGreat Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936
• JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
• true1910s -- 1910 -- 1919
• Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General
• World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction
• trueWar neuroses
• trueFirst World War era (1914-1918) -- 1914 -- 1918
• JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents
• Mental illness -- Juvenile fiction
• Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Fiction
• trueLondon (England) -- History -- 20th century
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• trueFathers and sons
• trueWorld War I home front
• trueNew Zealand
• trueLondon, England -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Four years after Alfie Summerfield's father left London to become a soldier in World War I he has not returned but Alfie, now nine, is shining shoes at King's Cross Station when he happens to learn that his father is at a nearby hospital being treated for shell shock

Theme

• trueLife during wartime

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing

Award

USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2015.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 880
• 880

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.B69677

LC item number

St 2014

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

880

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 7

Target audience

juvenile