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Good Night, Mr. Tom

by: Michelle Magorian

: Good Night, Mr. Tom
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064401746
ISBN: 006440174X
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: November 13, 1986
Publisher: HarperTeen
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: November 13, 1986
Sales Rank: 95276
Studio: HarperTeen



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Winner of the 1982 IRA Children's Book Award



London is poised on the brink of World War 11. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech--the abused child of a single mother--is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship and affection in which harsh words and daily beatings have no place. Then a telegram comes. Willie must return to his mother in London. When weeks pass by with no word from Willie, Mr. Tom sets out for London to look for the young boy he has come to love as a son.

‘A small, timid refugee from wartime London—and from a sadistic mother—and a lonely villager who has reluctantly accepted the child form a bond of love and trust that is deeply touching. Michelle Magorian has created a vivid cast for an English story with universal and timeless appeal.’ —Zena Sutherland, IRA Children’s Book Award Chair. ‘An engrossing, vividly detailed novel.’ —BL.

Winner, 1982 International Reading Association Children's Book Award
Notable Children's Books of 1982 (ALA)
1982 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
1983 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
1982 Young Adult Editors' Choices (BL)
1983 Teachers' Choices (NCTE)
Notable 1982 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
1988 Choices (Association of Booksellers for Children)
Children's Books of 1982 (Library of Congress)



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent read
This is a wonderful family story. You will cry. You will laugh. You will picture the setting as it ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wonderful On So Many Levels
This is a simply wonderful novel that by no means should be pigeonholed as "young adult" if that means ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent book....
This book is very intense but a good read. It is about evacuees from the London area because WWII was beginning. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good Night, Mr. Tom
"Good Night, Mr. Tom" puzzles me. When I read it objectively, looking only at the writing, it's not so impressive. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - powerful story about family
Timid, scrawny, Willie Beech is the abused child of a single mother. She sends him to Mr. Tom, who lives in the English ... Read More

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