num_pages: 304
description: When the Second World War breaks out, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of kind old Tom Oakley. But then his cruel mother summons him back to war-torn London...
language: English
title: Goodnight Mister Tom
titlecomplete: Goodnight Mister Tom
genres: Classics, Historical, World War II, Childrens, Young Adult, War, Middle Grade, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 48041
places: United Kingdom, England
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
publisher: Puffin Books