Goodnight Mister Tom
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- £3.49
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- £3.49
Publisher Description
Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.
Tom tucked a blanket round him, drew up a chair by the fire and watched Willie fall asleep. The tales he had heard about evacuees didn't seem to fit Willie. 'Ungrateful' and 'wild' were the adjectives he had heard used, or just plain 'homesick'. He was quite unprepared for this timid, sickly little specimen.
Britain, 1940. With World War Two raging all around, young children are being sent from their homes in the city to the countryside for safety. When eight-year-old Willie Beech first arrives on Tom Oakley's doorstep, neither are quite sure what to make of each another.
Brought up in terrible poverty, Willie is terribly shy, and totally unprepared for village life - but the gruff-but-gentle 'Mister Tom' quickly takes him under his wing. Neither he nor Willie could ever have predicted the journey they will go on together - nor the unbreakable bond that will be formed.
Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, and rightly hailed as a true classic of children's literature, Goodnight Mister Tom is a beautifully told, deeply moving story about the power of friendship, kindness, hope - and love.
'Everyone's idea of a smash-hit novel: full-blown characters to love and hate, moments of grief and joy, and a marvellous story that knows just how to grab the emotions' - Guardian
Customer Reviews
Omg lov it so much Tysm
I am 10 yrs old
I read this book at school and it is so heart warming I love all the different emotions it puts into me I haven’t read all of it yet but I was scrolling through the comments and someone says Zach dies omg 😱 I am so not prepared for that
Tysm for reading bye 👋
Lovely book
This book has a brilliant plot and is certainly worth buying and reading
Great book
This book has just been an emotional rollercoaster I have read twice and really it’s just addictive when I read the book for the first time I would start reading at 20:00 and finish at 22:00i would read for hours on end. This book made me cry and laugh.I as a person am very interested in history especially WW2 and this book wasn’t only emotional but true.It explained the blitz and many more things honestly to the few people who read this review and haven’t read the book yet your in for a treat.