Goodnight Mister Tom

Author(s): Michelle Magorian

Class Set Fiction Years 7-10

Mum said war was a punishment form God for people's sins, so he'd better watch out. She didn't tell him what to watch out for, though. When the Second World War breaks outs, 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? WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDRENS FICTION AWARD Goodnight Mister Tom 'Everyone's idea of a smash-hit first novel- full-blown characters to love and hate, moments of grief and joy, and a marvellous story that know just how to grab the emotions.' Guardian


Product Information

Michelle Magorian was born in Portsmouth and on leaving school studied at the Rose Bruford College of speech and Drama and Marcel Marceau's International School of Mime in Paris. Over the years she became interested in children's books and decided to write one herself. The result was Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, an International Reading Association Award and was also made into a superb film starring the late John Thaw. In 2012 Michelle was made a Fellow of Rose Bruford College.

General Fields

  • : 9780141354804
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Puffin
  • : 0.279
  • : August 2021
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 27mm
  • : May 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Michelle Magorian
  • : Paperback
  • : Neil Reed
  • : English
  • : 823.9/14