A heart breaking and heart warming story of a special friendship that grows between Willie Beech, evacuated to the country to avoid the Blitz on London, and Tom Oakley, the reserved old man who takes him in. Willie has been lonely and neglected all his life as his mother lacks the ability to care for him. Under Mister Tom’s patient and kind guidance Willie grows emotionally and physically to become the boy he should have been. But then his mother wants him back home in London. Must Willie loose everything that has made him happy?
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'I'd rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary.'
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Goodnight Mister Tom and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Goodnight Mister Tom features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks
Goodnight Mister Tom is available in Hardback, Paperback
Goodnight Mister Tom was written by Michelle Magorian and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Goodnight Mister Tom has 357 pages
Yes it is part of Puffin Clothbound Classics series
£15.29
