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Goodnight Mister Tom
Michelle Magorian
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Description for Goodnight Mister Tom
Paperback. Tells the story of young Willie Beech, evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. Illustrator(s): Reed, Neil. Series: A Puffin Book. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 136 x 202 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
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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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Condition
New
Series
A Puffin Book
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141354804
SKU
9780141354804
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99-5
About Michelle Magorian
By the time MICHELLE MAGORIAN was eleven she had decided that the perfect life would be to spend half the year acting and the other half writing. After attending the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and Marcel Marceau's L'École Internationale de Mime in Paris, she wrote between acting jobs and on Sundays when rehearsing and performing musicals and ... Read more
Reviews for Goodnight Mister Tom
Everyone's idea of a smash-hit first 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
Guardian