Mum said war was a punishment from God for peoples sins, so hed better watch out. She didnt tell him what to watch out for, though. 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.
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Michelle Magorian |
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Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian won the Guardian Childrens Fiction Award. Mum said war was a punishment from God for peoples sins, so hed better watch out. She didnt tell him what to watch out for, though. 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...Will he ever see Mister Tom again? Everyones 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). Michelle Magorian was born in Portsmouth and on leaving school studied at the Rose Bruford College of speech and Drama and Marcel Marceaus International School of Mime in Paris. Over the years she became interested in childrens books and decided to write one herself. The result was Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the Guardian Childrens Fiction Award, an International Reading Association Award and was also made into a much-loved film, starring the late John Thaw.
