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Goodnight Mister Tom

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Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, and Neil Reed

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By Michelle Magorian, and and, Neil Reed

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Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. 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…

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26 Feb 2024

I liked it when Mr Tom looked after William.

15 Jan 2024

Interesting

03 Dec 2023

A good story set in the second world war, sometimes hard to read because of the non standard English.

19 Aug 2023

I liked how the author added facts about World War 2 a few times, but I also felt sad when there were parts of hitting, being locked for days, etc.

15 Jul 2023

A heartwarming story jam-packed full of facts and fiction.

06 Sep 2022

Tom adopted Willie he has many trouble that lead to this which I won't spoil.
It's a good book.

I would recommend it to anyone the likes peace and happiness.

25 Aug 2022

I really enjoyed this book! It's such a beautiful and heart-wrenching story. I loved reading about Will's journey, he lives a trying life with a lot of pain but he's happy in the end. The story is fictional but also educational, I even learnt new things about what happened during the war. I would recommend this story for older children, teens and young adults. A very emotional and moving tale.

21 Aug 2022

Loved this classic.Tells of the hardships of war,looking at it through the eyes of an evacuee taken in by a grumpy but in the end very caring old man.

30 Jul 2022

Good I like it

29 Jul 2022

I liked it because it was about the war but the people were fictional. It was very sad at times but was good.

27 Jul 2022

Lovely Book

26 Sep 2021

Blurb: When WW2 beaks out, young Willie Beech is evacuated to the countryside. A sad deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley. But then his cruel mother summons him back to war-torn London... Will he ever see Mister Tom again?

04 Sep 2021

1 am currently reading this i love war stories

31 Aug 2021

It was a really good book because it inspires you to read and learn about world war 2, it grabs the attention and all the emotions. If it was fiction ,my fav character was Zacherias Wrench. I definitely recommend this fantastic book.

16 Aug 2021

My favorite character from the book was... I DON'T KNOW! The characters are all amazing! Willie is the main one and he loves art! The story is about a boy called Willie during world war 2, and being evacuated to a different country, and he stays with this nice man called Mr Thomas Oakley, but then his mother wants him back, and she tortures him! Will he ever see Mr Tom ever again?

04 Aug 2021

I absolutely loved this book. I loved watching the film, and the book lived up to the film. It is so well written, and really catches you in your imagination! Seeing the development of the characters and feeling their emotions is amazing!

04 Aug 2021

I loved this book because it was a fiction and non-fiction but it is also was sad but a tiny bit of humour was also in it book. I think Willie was very cute, but he was treated very badly with his mum whereas Tom Oakley loved him and looked after him well. I really,really recommend this book

27 Jun 2021

This book is amazing. About from London names William beech lived with his mother. His mother was cruel and would beat him up every day and tell him lies. Then one day he had to evacuate into the countryside with a person named Tom. Willie had lived with him for 6 months and then he returned home as he had a letter from his mother saying that he was ill. His mother had had a baby and locked him and the baby up in a room with no air. The baby had died and Tom had came back because he could feel that something was wrong he came brought him to the hospital and then kidnapped him and took him back to the countryside

03 May 2021

Goodnight mister Tom is a fantastic book. It is a story of how bruised hearts can heal and how rigid ones can soften. The characters are incredibly convincing and react in the most natural way possible, but at the same time surprise you at every turn. I recommend it to anyone interested in the Second World War and aged 9 to 13.

16 Oct 2020

Do you like WW2?
Well this will be your favorite book!
I was learning about world war 2 and I had to learn about this in class. I loved this book and how children suffered.

27 Sep 2020

I loved this book.The country talk and everything .I liked it when Will suddenly realised that everything had changed.but what happend to his baby sibling?I cant believe Tom adopted Will! Carry was my favourite .i will recommend this book.

08 Sep 2020

It is interesting and it will be useful in 11 plus

28 Aug 2020

This was my mum's favourite book when she was my age and I loved it

02 Aug 2020

I thought it was an amazing book and I would recommend it to my friend Iris.It was fiction and non-fiction at the same time because although it was a fiction book the events that happened that were related to the war was non-fiction but the other parts were made up.

17 Jul 2020

It was a very good book but I think there should be a follow up as it ends in a weird place It is otherwise a very good book which I would recommend to others .

17 Jul 2020

It made me feel like I was actually there and I couldn’t put it down

12 Jul 2020

Great

07 Jul 2020

I liked this book as it was sad sometimes but there was a fairly good ending. I liked Will as he was different. I like this book as it was set in ww2 time and it was his historic but fun. I would recommend it to 9 to 11 year olds.

15 Jun 2020

This book gave me so many mixed emotions,like one minute im laughing then im close to tears. If i could i would read this book over and over again without getting bored.

08 Jun 2020

I quite enjoyed it because you see that the child isn't treated very well and then Mister Tom treats him nicely and it's nice to see how he reacts.

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