num_pages: 400
description: The gruff and surly Mr Thomas Oakley is less than pleased when he is landed with a scrawny little city boy as a guest, but because it is compulsory that each villager takes in an evacuee he reluctantly agrees. It soon becomes obvious to Mister Tom that young Willie Beech is hiding something, and as the pair begin to form an unlikely bond and Willie grows in stature and in confidence he begins to forget the past. But when he has to return to war-torn London to face his mother again he retreats into his shy and awkward ways once more. Goodnight Mister Tom is one of the most touching and powerful stories ever written. As the relationship between Willie and Tom begins to transform them both, Magorian's powerful yet gentle writing tugs at the heart, taking the reader on an incredibly emotional journey that never once stoops to unnecessary sentimentality. -- Susan Harrison
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