num_pages: 2
description: Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of WW2. 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...Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
language: English
title: Goodnight Mister Tom
titlecomplete: Goodnight Mister Tom
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 48047
places: England, United Kingdom
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 Audio