NIST comments:
Y10: "I like this book, it's about a serious topic which is war but told through a perspective of a young boy making war not as serious as it is."
Collection
Publication
Square Fish (2015), Edition: Reprint, 256 pages
Description
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.
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Original publication date
2013
Awards
USBBY Outstanding International Book (Grades 6-8 — 2015)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 2015)
UKLA Book Award (Shortlist — 2015)
Little Rebels Award (Shortlist — 2014)
Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice (Children/Young Adult)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2014)
Language
Original language
English