Goodnight Mister Tom (Winner Of The Guardian Children'S Fict

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 ...Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Prizes: Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Award 1982. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Author Biography: 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 much-loved film.