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Stay Where You Are And Then Leave
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave | John Boyne
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The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fightbut 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 bya 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. . . .
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suvata
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I was sure to I had my fill of World War I books. Well, that was before before I discovered one penned by one of my all-time favorite authors, John Boyne. This novel tells the story of young Alfie Summerfield's struggles growing up in London when war changes his life in ways he could never have imagined. Boyne writes with compassion and emotional complexity that always resonates with me.

5-stars for this middle school/young adult novel.

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🥳 Huzzah 🎉 I completed the 2022 #Goodreads Challenge

Deblovestoread Well done! 2y
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MaureenMc 👏👏👏 2y
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suvata Y‘all, it feels good to meet my goal with three weeks left in the year. 2y
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megnews
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Boyne doesn‘t disappoint. Absolutely loved it!! #authoramonth

erzascarletbookgasm I loved this too👍 3y
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Butterfinger
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Heartwarming story about a child's love to his father and his determination to help him heal. We have all been there. If we could take someone else's pain, we wouldn't hesitate, but Boyne writes from a child's perspective and we see that a child doesn't care about hurdles. They are going to do what needs to be done, even if it may be wrong to an adult's way of seeing. Because they have a perfect love. #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

Soubhiville Nice review, you‘ve made me want to pick it up! 3y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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Another solid pick from Boyne. Very good, full of heart. Boyne touches on the trauma of the soldiers, the toll on the families left behind, the ‘feather men‘ (conscientious objectors), the horrors of shell shock, the suffragettes, and the treatment of foreign nationals when the WW1 broke out.👍
#MGMarch

TrishB I enjoyed this one 👍🏻 4y
Cathythoughts Great review 4y
BarbaraBB This sounds like this one with another title 4y
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BarbaraBB But its blurb is different so it probably isn‘t. 4y
megnews I like John Boyne. But I‘m reading The Boy at the Top of the Mountain right now. Hitler‘s an actual character and it‘s a bit disconcerting. 4y
TheBookHippie @megnews I did not like that one and I actually DNF. 😬 4y
TheBookHippie This one is sitting in my TBR! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm @BarbaraBB This is told from the viewpoint of the 9 yr old MC, but young Marian Brancoft from The Absolutist did make an appearance! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm @megnews I have that on my tbr! 4y
BarbaraBB Oh that is cool! I‘ll have to read this one. By the way, did my parcel arrive yet? It was shipped from the UK on February 9 🤞🏽 4y
erzascarletbookgasm @BarbaraBB No sight of it yet. 🤞 it will arrive safely though it‘s taking a long time 🤔 4y
BarbaraBB There is a lot of time until your birthday fortunately 😃😘 4y
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JanuarieTimewalker13
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I had no idea this was a middle grade book. I just saw John Boyne and it was an auto buy. Poignant WW1 story about a boy named Alfie whose dad volunteers for duty and is active duty for 4 years until he ends up with shell shock and PTSD.

Cinfhen Ahhhh!! Good one!! 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 @Cinfhen thank you!! This is fun!! Is it ok to put the hashtags in the comment section? Am I doing this correctly? 5y
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Cinfhen Perfect!!! You‘re a regular challenge slayer 🙌🏻❣️ 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 @Cinfhen hahaha!!! Thank you❤️for being so kind and helpful!! This challenge has made me read books I wouldn‘t have otherwise read! 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Boyne is an auto buy for me too. Just finished A Ladder to the Sky and will review in a day or two. He‘s just SO good at what he does. 👊🏻📚♥️ 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 @BarbaraTheBibliophage oh yes he is!! THIF is a contender for my fave book of year, and its def on my list of fave books of all time. I have to read Ladder to the sky! Look forward to your review📚❤️🦚 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage THIF was my fav fiction book of 2017. Sooo good! 5y
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JanuarieTimewalker13
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Kimchi bowl and starting this baby. Love John Boyne❤️

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jdiehr
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Alfie's dad goes off to war. His mom keeps telling him that his dad is on a secret mission, but he is really in the hospital with shell shock. When Alfie discovers the truth, he does everything in his power to bring his dad back home.
A sad, lovely, hopeful book told from the POV of a child.
I will be on the lookout for more by John Boyne.

Samplergal It‘s on my list. I‘m going to read EVERYTHING by this author. 6y
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Birdsong28
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Very good. A good and very emotional story, everyone should read it as it shows the effect WW1 had on not just the adults left behind but the children as well. Highly recommend

#Corgi
#RandomHouse

TrishB It‘s a great read 👍🏻 6y
erzascarletbookgasm I want to read more of John Boyne. 6y
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Birdsong28
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Sassy's next book 😂 📚📖
#catsoflitsy

TrishB A good read 👍🏻 6y
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Kat_H
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I loved John Boyne's "Heart's Invisible Furies" so picked this up when I was at the library. I think it might be YA though as it's very simply written and not very nuanced or lyrical like HIF was. Still. A sweet, hopeful story.

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Thank you so much @TrishB for the awesome books! You must be psychic as I have been avoiding world war books but just lately I‘ve been really craving them again! So these are perfect! 😍 I‘m well chuffed and they are going straight to the top of the TBR pile!! 😆

erzascarletbookgasm Great gifts. I loved Salt to the Sea. 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oooo! Salt to the Sea is a good one 6y
TrishB Hope you enjoy them 👍🏻😘 hope school went ok today? 6y
Caroline2 @TrishB I‘ve been wanting to read them both for a while so I can‘t wait to finish my current book but I‘m not finding much time to read at the mo! He went in ok thanks but apparently he didn‘t eat anything lunchtime bless him! 😬 6y
TrishB Aww...it‘s a big adjustment! 6y
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Just realized my bookmark matched the setting & story of my book! Stay where you are then leave is a World War One historical fiction novel. (And my bookmark features flounders field - and so does the cover of my book!) 🌺
I really enjoyed this novel. It was heartbreaking, yet the ending was happy. I really liked all the historical aspects to it as well.
3.5/5 stars.
🌟🌟🌟.💫
#HistoricalFiction
#WorldWarOne

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TrishB
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#lasttoleave #aprella
Another gem from John Boyne 😁

Cinfhen He‘s written more books then I realized 7y
Ms_T I bought this recently based on your previous review 👍🏻 7y
Kalalalatja Seriously, how many books have this man written? And why did it take me so long to discover him?! 7y
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TrishB @Cinfhen I was so pleased when he made it big with Furies! 7y
TrishB @Ms_T I do that all the time with Litsy reviews! 😁 7y
Caroline2 Oh I loved the boy in striped pjs, stacked!!! 7y
Caroline2 Ohhh stacked the house one too!! 👍🏻 😆 7y
Kalalalatja That sounds amazing! 👏 7y
emilyhaldi So much Boyne, so little time 😩 7y
TrishB @emilyhaldi I‘ve read a lot but still have some to go!! 7y
Mdargusch I need to stack this too! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 7y
Reviewsbylola Yep I agree @emilyhaldi I need to get to it! 7y
Suet624 I‘m with everyone else on this. I had no idea he had written so many books! 7y
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Jess7
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This is my #green stack for #ReadingResolutions. I want to read #JohnBoyne‘s #StayWhereYouAreAndThenLeave:

“Alfie‘s dad joined the British Army. 5 yrs later Alfie and his mom are struggling. Though she claims his dad is on a “secret mission” for the government, Alfie fears he‘s dead. Discovering he‘s in a hospital, the boy secretly visits his dad, who is shell-shocked. Alfie carries out a plan to bring Dad home, whatever the consequences.” #TBR

Eggs A sweet story 7y
britt_brooke Nice looking stack! 💚 7y
SilversReviews GORGEOUS - LOVE HOW YOU HAVE WRITTEN OVER THE PHOTO. 7y
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chezrebecca
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A lovely albeit slow moving story of WWI.

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“Janáček, that‘s what you said, isn‘t it? Austrian, were they? Polish?”

“English. She was born three doors down from me.”

“A curious name for an English girl.”

“Her father came here from Prague

“So half-Austro-Hungarian, half-English then.”

“She wasn‘t a fraction.”

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So fern wie nah | John Boyne
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"Alfie schüttelte den Kopf, wandte sich ab und zuckte zum hundertsten Mal an diesem Tag die Schultern. Er konnte seinem Vater den Grund nicht sagen. Nicht im Augenblick. Vielleicht später, wenn er älter war. Eigentlich wusste er die Antwort schon. Mr Janáček hatte sie ihm vor langer Zeit gesagt. Er hatte alles aus dem besten Grund der Welt getan. Aus Liebe."

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Eggs
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Surprisingly good story

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TrishB
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Another sad and poignant Y/A from the author. This one based on WWI. The title is explained as you get into the book (and is really sad). Good look at all the social/political backdrop of the war too.

pilardib I loved this one! 8y
zsuzsanna_reads I love the title! 8y
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5/26/16 "It's big world, isn't it? Do you think they hate each other on other planets too?" - Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne (Scored by me: 8/10) #Thaiversion #staywhereyouareandthenleave

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sosotopia
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เรียบง่าย กินใจ
#พ่อกับผมและบางสิ่งที่หายไปในสงคราม

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