Grandpa hates being in hospital. He thinks only of the place he was happiest---the island where he used to live. He wants to go back, but they won't let him out of the hospital. So Gottfried Junior, his namesake, helps Grandpa make a plan to run away. They think of everything. Their deception is so complete that when Gottfried Junior finally decides to tell the truth, no one believes him.
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call number/section: 1000
subjects: aging, juvenile fiction, families, grandfathers, grandparent and child, grief, hospitals, fiction, family life, grandparent-grandchild relationship, adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, fiction, adventure fiction