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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 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
Studio: HarperTeen
Alternate Versions:
- Books > Specialty Stores > Custom Stores > 4-for-3 Books Store > Children's Books > People & Places > Family Life > Orphans & Foster Homes
- Books > Specialty Stores > Custom Stores > 4-for-3 Books Store > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Issues > Abuse
- Books > Specialty Stores > Custom Stores > 4-for-3 Books Store > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Issues > Dysfunctional Relationships
- Books > Specialty Stores > Custom Stores > 4-for-3 Books Store > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Situations > Friendship > Fiction
- Books > Specialty Stores > Custom Stores > 4-for-3 Books Store > Children's Books > People & Places > Where We Live > Country Life
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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)
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Excellent readThis is a wonderful family story. You will cry. You will laugh. You will picture the setting as it is described so well. The characters are all so wonderful. This book will open so many doors to compassion in the readers heart. Others gave a story over view. This story is clean. It deals with some tuff subjects but in a historical setting that open's the door to having a picture of what children and families endured during the war. You won't be able to put it down.
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- Wonderful On So Many LevelsThis is a simply wonderful novel that by no means should be pigeonholed as "young adult" if that means being denied an adult audience, though it had more than a few elements in common with "Anne of Green Gables." It works on so many different levels and is both sensitive and intelligent. The characters are memorable and believable. And it doesn't just deal with child abuse, though it does so convincingly and heart-wrenchingly, but is equally good in its descriptions of children being nurtured creatively, ... Read More
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- Excellent book....This book is very intense but a good read. It is about evacuees from the London area because WWII was beginning. This particular town is painted different than most during this era. The people are nice and giving. If anyone does misuse the children they are put out for it! The major characters meet each other and both are not too sure of the other. It tells the story of a lost soul bringing healing to another lost soul. There are some intense and disgusting scenes but when you come out on the other side it ... Read More
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- 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. The flow isn't particularly good and at times the book clunks along. The dialogue is engaging, though, and thoroughly real.
And the story itself is incredible. "Good Night, Mr. Tom" tells of a young London boy who is sent out to live in the country during World War II for his safety. There, away from an abusive home, Willie is able to grow and learn what it means to be loved.
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- powerful story about familyTimid, scrawny, Willie Beech is the abused child of a single mother. She sends him to Mr. Tom, who lives in the English countryside, because London is being bombed by the Nazis.
The two main adults in this story, the mother and Mr. Tom, seem very similar in the beginning. Yet, by the end, we see that they are completely different. What really hit home was this: hard times can make hard people, but one's true colors shine through when faced with others in need.
Mr. Tom's gruff exterior ... Read More
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