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Boyne, John
Stay where you are and then leave
Henry Holt and Company, 2013
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This is yet another brilliant book by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. He helps children understand what it would be like to be a child in the first world war.Alfie is a five-year-old boy when his dad signs up to join the British army in 1914. Alfie starts off well, adapting to not having father around. He enjoys receiving letters from him. But when no more letters are received, Alfie gets suspicious. He discovers that his father is ill in hospital because of shell ...; [leggi tutto]
This is yet another brilliant book by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. He helps children understand what it would be like to be a child in the first world war.Alfie is a five-year-old boy when his dad signs up to join the British army in 1914. Alfie starts off well, adapting to not having father around. He enjoys receiving letters from him. But when no more letters are received, Alfie gets suspicious. He discovers that his father is ill in hospital because of shell shock. He sets on a mission to save his father.This magnificent book is written in the third person and is talking about the way Alfie saw things. Stay Where You Are and Then Leave is thoughtful but funny in places. I think it is suitable for age 10-12.. - Londra, 1914. Alfie ha cinque anni quando in Europa si alzano i venti della Grande Guerra, e il suo papà, come molti altri giovani compatrioti, parte per il fronte. La guerra però la combatte anche chi rimane a casa, nelle difficoltà quotidiane di trovare il cibo e i soldi per l'affitto, con il terrore che un ufficiale bussi alla porta per riferire che un papà, un fratello o un figlio non torneranno più a casa. Alfie non vuole credere che sia questo il destino di suo padre, ma le lettere che l'uomo spedisce dal fronte, prima regolari e cariche di speranze, si fanno saltuarie e cupe, fino a smettere del tutto. Deciso a fare la sua parte, Alfie marina la scuola e inizia a lavorare come lustrascarpe in stazione. Ed è grazie a uno dei suoi clienti che scopre dov'è il suo papà...
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