Middle Grade Feature: Stay Where You Are & then Leave

Alfie Summerfield was turning five. He lived a relatively safe, happy life on Damly Road with his mom, his dad who delivered milk on a horse, his granny who lived across them, and had a best friend (a girl named Kalena whose father owned the local sweet shop).

Word on the streets was that a war would break out. And when it did, people were quick to say that it would be over soon, most probably by Christmas. By that afternoon, men were talking about joining the army.

A day later, Alfie found a s...